Customers Bancorp (CUBI) Competitors

Customers Bancorp (NYSE:CUBI) and Mr. Cooper Group (NASDAQ:COOP) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.

Do analysts prefer CUBI or COOP?

Customers Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $62.22, indicating a potential upside of 30.42%. Mr. Cooper Group has a consensus price target of $100.57, indicating a potential upside of 5.71%. Given Customers Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Customers Bancorp is more favorable than Mr. Cooper Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Customers Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
Mr. Cooper Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Which has more volatility and risk, CUBI or COOP?

Customers Bancorp has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mr. Cooper Group has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CUBI or COOP more profitable?

Mr. Cooper Group has a net margin of 25.87% compared to Customers Bancorp's net margin of 15.22%. Mr. Cooper Group's return on equity of 13.77% beat Customers Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Customers Bancorp	15.22%	13.55%	1.01%
Mr. Cooper Group	25.87%	13.77%	4.05%

Does the media prefer CUBI or COOP?

In the previous week, Customers Bancorp had 26 more articles in the media than Mr. Cooper Group. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Customers Bancorp and 7 mentions for Mr. Cooper Group. Mr. Cooper Group's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Customers Bancorp's score of 0.13 indicating that Mr. Cooper Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Customers Bancorp	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	22 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Mr. Cooper Group	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, CUBI or COOP?

Mr. Cooper Group has higher revenue and earnings than Customers Bancorp. Customers Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mr. Cooper Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Customers Bancorp	$723.48M	2.07	$250.14M	$6.16	7.75
Mr. Cooper Group	$2.71B	2.25	$500M	$7.74	12.29

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CUBI or COOP?

89.3% of Customers Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Mr. Cooper Group shares are held by institutional investors. 6.9% of Customers Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Mr. Cooper Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CUBI or COOP?

Customers Bancorp received 168 more outperform votes than Mr. Cooper Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.79% of users gave Customers Bancorp an outperform vote while only 61.94% of users gave Mr. Cooper Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Customers Bancorp	Outperform Votes 360 66.79%	Underperform Votes 179 33.21%
Mr. Cooper Group	Outperform Votes 192 61.94%	Underperform Votes 118 38.06%

Summary

Mr. Cooper Group beats Customers Bancorp on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.