BANC vs. MTG, RDN, SMPL, TFSL, WSFS, WD, WAFD, PFS, AGM, and NWBI
Should you be buying Banc of California stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Banc of California include MGIC Investment (MTG), Radian Group (RDN), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), TFS Financial (TFSL), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Walker & Dunlop (WD), WaFd (WAFD), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), and Northwest Bancshares (NWBI). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
Banc of California vs.
Banc of California (NYSE:BANC) and MGIC Investment (NYSE:MTG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and dividends.
Banc of California currently has a consensus target price of $18.10, indicating a potential upside of 11.95%. MGIC Investment has a consensus target price of $25.86, indicating a potential upside of 5.64%. Given Banc of California's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Banc of California is more favorable than MGIC Investment.
Banc of California has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MGIC Investment has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MGIC Investment has a net margin of 64.09% compared to Banc of California's net margin of -20.75%. MGIC Investment's return on equity of 14.99% beat Banc of California's return on equity.
MGIC Investment received 165 more outperform votes than Banc of California when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote while only 58.11% of users gave Banc of California an outperform vote.
MGIC Investment has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Banc of California. Banc of California is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MGIC Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Banc of California had 4 more articles in the media than MGIC Investment. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Banc of California and 3 mentions for MGIC Investment. MGIC Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Banc of California's score of 0.67 indicating that MGIC Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
86.9% of Banc of California shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of MGIC Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Banc of California shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of MGIC Investment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Banc of California pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Banc of California pays out -9.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MGIC Investment pays out 18.3% 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. Banc of California is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
MGIC Investment beats Banc of California on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BANC) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
