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MGIC Investment (MTG) Competitors

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$23.68 +0.02 (+0.08%)
(As of 05:26 PM ET)

MTG vs. RDN, SMPL, TFSL, WD, WSFS, WAFD, PFS, BANC, AGM, and NWBI

Should you be buying MGIC Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MGIC Investment include Radian Group (RDN), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), TFS Financial (TFSL), Walker & Dunlop (WD), WSFS Financial (WSFS), 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.

MGIC Investment vs.

MGIC Investment (NYSE:MTG) and Radian Group (NYSE:RDN) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.

MGIC Investment has a net margin of 64.09% compared to Radian Group's net margin of 45.96%. MGIC Investment's return on equity of 14.99% beat Radian Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MGIC Investment64.09% 14.99% 11.75%
Radian Group 45.96%13.81%7.80%

MGIC Investment currently has a consensus target price of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.17%. Radian Group has a consensus target price of $36.10, suggesting a potential upside of 13.24%. Given Radian Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Radian Group is more favorable than MGIC Investment.

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
Radian Group
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

In the previous week, MGIC Investment had 4 more articles in the media than Radian Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for MGIC Investment and 3 mentions for Radian Group. MGIC Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Radian Group's score of 1.21 indicating that MGIC Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
MGIC Investment
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Radian Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

MGIC Investment has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Radian Group. Radian Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MGIC Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MGIC Investment$1.19B5.02$712.95M$2.848.31
Radian Group$1.30B3.65$603.12M$3.868.26

MGIC Investment received 12 more outperform votes than Radian Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.76% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote while only 65.01% of users gave Radian Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MGIC InvestmentOutperform Votes
484
66.76%
Underperform Votes
241
33.24%
Radian GroupOutperform Votes
472
65.01%
Underperform Votes
254
34.99%

MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Radian Group pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. MGIC Investment pays out 18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Radian Group pays out 25.4% 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 has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Radian Group has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

95.6% of MGIC Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Radian Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of MGIC Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Radian Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

MGIC Investment beats Radian Group on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MTG vs. The Competition

MetricMGIC InvestmentSurety insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.98B$3.38B$11.34B$19.10B
Dividend Yield2.23%2.37%5.68%3.65%
P/E Ratio8.315.4024.9540.98
Price / Sales5.027.7426.4817.50
Price / Cash8.968.7618.5121.28
Price / Book1.291.042.615.29
Net Income$712.95M$354.96M$1.04B$989.88M
7 Day Performance-4.45%-4.14%-3.16%-3.56%
1 Month Performance-7.45%-5.98%-3.83%-5.11%
1 Year Performance21.27%28.83%10.68%11.06%

MGIC Investment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MTG
MGIC Investment
2.6976 of 5 stars
$23.68
+0.1%
$26.00
+9.8%
+21.6%$6.00B$1.19B8.34680
RDN
Radian Group
2.6805 of 5 stars
$33.83
+0.9%
$36.10
+6.7%
+11.7%$5.04B$1.30B8.691,100Positive News
SMPL
Simply Good Foods
2.2514 of 5 stars
$40.15
+1.2%
$40.22
+0.2%
-2.8%$4.02B$1.33B28.75260Positive News
TFSL
TFS Financial
3.5495 of 5 stars
$13.43
+1.1%
$14.50
+8.0%
-15.0%$3.77B$303.16M49.371,000
WD
Walker & Dunlop
1.77 of 5 stars
$107.34
+1.7%
$111.00
+3.4%
-9.3%$3.62B$1.05B37.701,326
WSFS
WSFS Financial
3.7585 of 5 stars
$57.72
-0.7%
$59.75
+3.5%
+13.9%$3.40B$1.05B13.272,229Analyst Revision
WAFD
WaFd
4.8531 of 5 stars
$35.61
+0.7%
$38.00
+6.7%
-1.5%$2.90B$721.83M14.252,208Analyst Revision
PFS
Provident Financial Services
4.0077 of 5 stars
$20.63
+1.3%
$23.50
+13.9%
+4.2%$2.69B$695.65M19.581,142
BANC
Banc of California
4.6117 of 5 stars
$16.82
+1.2%
$17.80
+5.8%
+14.2%$2.67B$472.31M-3.922,304Analyst Revision
Positive News
AGM
Federal Agricultural Mortgage
4.2032 of 5 stars
$210.22
+0.7%
$215.00
+2.3%
+6.0%$2.29B$358.82M13.52185Positive News
NWBI
Northwest Bancshares
0.973 of 5 stars
$14.39
+0.4%
$12.50
-13.1%
+4.5%$1.83B$502.26M18.892,165News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:MTG) was last updated on 12/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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