BHLB vs. RDN, SMPL, TFSL, WSFS, WD, WAFD, BANC, PFS, AGM, and NWBI
Should you be buying Berkshire Hills Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Berkshire Hills Bancorp include Radian Group (RDN), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), TFS Financial (TFSL), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Walker & Dunlop (WD), WaFd (WAFD), Banc of California (BANC), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), and Northwest Bancshares (NWBI). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
Berkshire Hills Bancorp vs.
Radian Group (NYSE:RDN) and Berkshire Hills Bancorp (NYSE:BHLB) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and profitability.
95.3% of Radian Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.1% of Berkshire Hills Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Radian Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Berkshire Hills Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Radian Group has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Berkshire Hills Bancorp has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Radian Group had 1 more articles in the media than Berkshire Hills Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Radian Group and 2 mentions for Berkshire Hills Bancorp. Radian Group's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Berkshire Hills Bancorp's score of 0.92 indicating that Radian Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Radian Group pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Berkshire Hills Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Radian Group pays out 26.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Berkshire Hills Bancorp pays out 50.0% 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. Radian Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Radian Group received 200 more outperform votes than Berkshire Hills Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.97% of users gave Radian Group an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Berkshire Hills Bancorp an outperform vote.
Radian Group has higher revenue and earnings than Berkshire Hills Bancorp. Radian Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Berkshire Hills Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Radian Group has a net margin of 46.85% compared to Berkshire Hills Bancorp's net margin of 8.56%. Radian Group's return on equity of 13.96% beat Berkshire Hills Bancorp's return on equity.
Radian Group currently has a consensus target price of $36.80, suggesting a potential upside of 11.38%. Berkshire Hills Bancorp has a consensus target price of $31.13, suggesting a potential upside of 10.84%. Given Radian Group's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Radian Group is more favorable than Berkshire Hills Bancorp.
Summary
Radian Group beats Berkshire Hills Bancorp on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BHLB) was last updated on 3/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
