AX vs. TFSL, EBC, BKU, CLBK, PFS, MPW, ABCB, SFBS, CTRE, and CLSK
Should you be buying Axos Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Axos Financial include TFS Financial (TFSL), Eastern Bankshares (EBC), BankUnited (BKU), Columbia Financial (CLBK), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), ServisFirst Bancshares (SFBS), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), and CleanSpark (CLSK). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
TFS Financial (NASDAQ:TFSL) and Axos Financial (NYSE:AX) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.
9.8% of TFS Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Axos Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of TFS Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Axos Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Axos Financial had 6 more articles in the media than TFS Financial. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Axos Financial and 1 mentions for TFS Financial. TFS Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Axos Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Axos Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TFS Financial has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Axos Financial has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Axos Financial has higher revenue and earnings than TFS Financial. Axos Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TFS Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Axos Financial has a net margin of 24.39% compared to Axos Financial's net margin of 11.08%. TFS Financial's return on equity of 18.57% beat Axos Financial's return on equity.
TFS Financial presently has a consensus target price of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.40%. Axos Financial has a consensus target price of $67.25, indicating a potential upside of 9.31%. Given TFS Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Axos Financial is more favorable than TFS Financial.
TFS Financial received 208 more outperform votes than Axos Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.65% of users gave TFS Financial an outperform vote while only 53.53% of users gave Axos Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
Axos Financial beats TFS Financial on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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