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WSFS Financial (WSFS) Competitors

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$56.45 -1.63 (-2.81%)
(As of 12/17/2024 ET)

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 superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. WSFS Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. MGIC Investment pays out 18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WSFS Financial pays out 13.7% 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 received 281 more outperform votes than WSFS Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.76% 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
66.76%
Underperform Votes
241
33.24%
WSFS FinancialOutperform Votes
203
50.50%
Underperform Votes
199
49.50%

In the previous week, MGIC Investment had 3 more articles in the media than WSFS Financial. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for MGIC Investment and 9 mentions for WSFS Financial. WSFS Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat MGIC Investment's score of 0.96 indicating that WSFS Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

MGIC Investment has a net margin of 64.09% compared to WSFS Financial's net margin of 18.78%. MGIC Investment's return on equity of 14.99% beat WSFS Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MGIC Investment64.09% 14.99% 11.75%
WSFS Financial 18.78%10.56%1.29%

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$1.19B5.17$712.95M$2.848.55
WSFS Financial$1.05B3.17$269.16M$4.3812.89

95.6% of MGIC Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of WSFS Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of MGIC Investment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of WSFS Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

MGIC Investment presently has a consensus price target of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.04%. WSFS Financial has a consensus price target of $59.75, suggesting a potential upside of 5.85%. Given MGIC Investment's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe MGIC Investment is more favorable than WSFS Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MGIC Investment
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14
WSFS Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

MGIC Investment has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WSFS Financial has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

MGIC Investment beats WSFS Financial on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WSFS vs. The Competition

MetricWSFS FinancialNational commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.32B$22.04B$10.70B$9.32B
Dividend Yield1.03%3.19%10.16%4.06%
P/E Ratio12.8927.6035.2817.55
Price / Sales3.172.993,046.06139.72
Price / Cash11.7711.0229.8437.95
Price / Book1.391.312.784.92
Net Income$269.16M$2.24B$1.03B$225.78M
7 Day Performance-4.03%-1.75%-1.26%-1.48%
1 Month Performance-1.77%-0.13%-0.02%5.36%
1 Year Performance24.28%19.82%15.77%22.71%

WSFS Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WSFS
WSFS Financial
3.4929 of 5 stars
$56.45
-2.8%
$59.75
+5.8%
+24.3%$3.32B$1.05B12.892,229Positive News
High Trading Volume
MTG
MGIC Investment
2.7471 of 5 stars
$24.81
+1.1%
$26.00
+4.8%
+28.1%$6.29B$1.19B8.64680
RDN
Radian Group
1.861 of 5 stars
$33.82
+0.8%
$36.10
+6.7%
+17.9%$5.04B$1.30B8.691,100Positive News
SMPL
Simply Good Foods
2.8458 of 5 stars
$40.15
+1.2%
$40.22
+0.2%
+0.6%$4.02B$1.33B28.75260Positive News
TFSL
TFS Financial
3.4918 of 5 stars
$13.43
+1.1%
$14.50
+8.0%
-11.4%$3.77B$303.16M49.371,000Positive News
WD
Walker & Dunlop
1.1812 of 5 stars
$107.34
+1.7%
$111.00
+3.4%
+1.0%$3.62B$1.05B37.701,326Positive News
WAFD
WaFd
4.761 of 5 stars
$35.61
+0.7%
$38.00
+6.7%
+7.7%$2.90B$721.83M14.252,208
PFS
Provident Financial Services
4.1006 of 5 stars
$20.63
+1.3%
$23.50
+13.9%
+11.9%$2.69B$695.65M19.581,142
BANC
Banc of California
4.3487 of 5 stars
$16.82
+1.2%
$17.80
+5.8%
+16.6%$2.67B$472.31M-3.922,304Positive News
AGM
Federal Agricultural Mortgage
4.2549 of 5 stars
$210.22
+0.7%
$215.00
+2.3%
+16.9%$2.29B$358.82M13.52185Positive News
NWBI
Northwest Bancshares
1.0826 of 5 stars
$14.39
+0.4%
$12.50
-13.1%
+13.6%$1.83B$502.26M18.892,165News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:WSFS) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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