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WSFS Financial (WSFS) Competitors

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$47.48 +0.22 (+0.47%)
As of 04/16/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

WSFS vs. MTG, RDN, SMPL, TFSL, WD, WAFD, PFS, BANC, AGM, and NWBI

Should you be buying WSFS Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WSFS Financial include MGIC Investment (MTG), Radian Group (RDN), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), TFS Financial (TFSL), Walker & Dunlop (WD), WaFd (WAFD), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Banc of California (BANC), Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), and Northwest Bancshares (NWBI). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.

WSFS Financial vs.

MGIC Investment (NYSE:MTG) and WSFS Financial (NASDAQ:WSFS) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking and earnings.

MGIC Investment presently has a consensus target price of $26.50, indicating a potential upside of 11.06%. WSFS Financial has a consensus target price of $64.75, indicating a potential upside of 36.37%. Given WSFS Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe WSFS Financial is more favorable than MGIC Investment.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MGIC Investment
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13
WSFS Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

MGIC Investment has higher revenue and earnings than WSFS Financial. MGIC Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WSFS Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MGIC Investment$1.21B4.79$762.99M$2.908.23
WSFS Financial$1.04B2.64$263.67M$4.4210.74

MGIC Investment received 280 more outperform votes than WSFS Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.30% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote while only 50.50% of users gave WSFS Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MGIC InvestmentOutperform Votes
484
66.30%
Underperform Votes
246
33.70%
WSFS FinancialOutperform Votes
204
50.50%
Underperform Votes
200
49.50%

MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. WSFS Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. MGIC Investment pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WSFS Financial pays out 13.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

MGIC Investment has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WSFS Financial has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

95.6% of MGIC Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of WSFS Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of MGIC Investment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of WSFS Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, MGIC Investment and MGIC Investment both had 6 articles in the media. MGIC Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat WSFS Financial's score of 0.71 indicating that MGIC Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
MGIC Investment
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
WSFS Financial
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

MGIC Investment has a net margin of 63.18% compared to WSFS Financial's net margin of 18.77%. MGIC Investment's return on equity of 14.86% beat WSFS Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MGIC Investment63.18% 14.86% 11.69%
WSFS Financial 18.77%10.30%1.26%

Summary

MGIC Investment beats WSFS Financial on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WSFS vs. The Competition

MetricWSFS FinancialNational commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.75B$20.43B$10.75B$7.36B
Dividend Yield1.31%3.90%6.01%4.32%
P/E Ratio10.7411.6721.5317.68
Price / Sales2.642.6125.3192.88
Price / Cash11.3711.1617.6134.64
Price / Book1.081.082.563.94
Net Income$263.67M$2.17B$1.03B$247.45M
7 Day Performance-3.57%-0.93%-0.06%0.48%
1 Month Performance-8.69%-5.52%-3.71%-7.08%
1 Year Performance13.37%15.51%533.87%-0.35%

WSFS Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.7261 of 5 stars
$47.48
+0.5%
$64.75
+36.4%
+13.4%$2.75B$1.04B10.742,160Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
Gap Down
MTG
MGIC Investment
3.9431 of 5 stars
$22.50
-2.8%
$26.75
+18.9%
+22.3%$5.46B$1.21B7.76680Short Interest ↓
Positive News
Gap Down
RDN
Radian Group
3.3695 of 5 stars
$30.62
-2.4%
$36.80
+20.2%
+6.7%$4.44B$1.29B7.791,400Short Interest ↓
Positive News
High Trading Volume
SMPL
Simply Good Foods
3.1486 of 5 stars
$33.89
+0.1%
$39.56
+16.7%
+10.6%$3.42B$1.36B24.04260Analyst Revision
Positive News
High Trading Volume
TFSL
TFS Financial
3.0128 of 5 stars
$11.72
+0.2%
$14.50
+23.7%
+3.9%$3.29B$302.58M41.861,000Positive News
High Trading Volume
WD
Walker & Dunlop
3.7331 of 5 stars
$75.05
-4.0%
$107.50
+43.2%
-19.0%$2.55B$1.13B23.531,326News Coverage
WAFD
WaFd
4.3071 of 5 stars
$25.11
-0.5%
$33.75
+34.4%
+2.9%$2.05B$725.16M11.572,130Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
PFS
Provident Financial Services
4.199 of 5 stars
$15.27
-1.5%
$24.00
+57.2%
+11.8%$1.99B$694.73M14.541,150Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
BANC
Banc of California
4.6439 of 5 stars
$12.11
-2.1%
$18.18
+50.2%
-5.9%$1.92B$985.89M21.62680Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
AGM
Federal Agricultural Mortgage
4.6748 of 5 stars
$168.07
-3.7%
$230.00
+36.8%
-3.7%$1.83B$375.18M10.22160News Coverage
Positive News
NWBI
Northwest Bancshares
3.6173 of 5 stars
$11.10
-0.7%
$12.50
+12.6%
+5.9%$1.42B$520.47M14.052,160High Trading Volume
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This page (NASDAQ:WSFS) was last updated on 4/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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