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$23.97 -0.45 (-1.86%)
Closing price 02/21/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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MTG vs. RDN, TFSL, SMPL, WSFS, WD, BANC, PFS, WAFD, 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), TFS Financial (TFSL), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Banc of California (BANC), Provident Financial Services (PFS), WaFd (WAFD), 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 superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

MGIC Investment received 11 more outperform votes than Radian Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.39% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote while only 64.97% of users gave Radian Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MGIC InvestmentOutperform Votes
484
66.39%
Underperform Votes
245
33.61%
Radian GroupOutperform Votes
473
64.97%
Underperform Votes
255
35.03%

MGIC Investment currently has a consensus target price of $26.75, suggesting a potential upside of 11.61%. Radian Group has a consensus target price of $36.80, suggesting a potential upside of 13.46%. Given Radian Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13
Radian Group
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

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

In the previous week, MGIC Investment had 6 more articles in the media than Radian Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for MGIC Investment and 6 mentions for Radian Group. Radian Group's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat MGIC Investment's score of 1.02 indicating that Radian Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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 3.0%. MGIC Investment pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Radian Group pays out 24.9% 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 net margin of 63.18% compared to Radian Group's net margin of 46.85%. MGIC Investment's return on equity of 14.86% beat Radian Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MGIC Investment63.18% 14.86% 11.69%
Radian Group 46.85%13.96%7.72%

MGIC Investment has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Radian Group has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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$1.21B5.03$762.99M$2.908.26
Radian Group$1.29B3.65$604.44M$3.938.25

Summary

MGIC Investment beats Radian Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MTG vs. The Competition

MetricMGIC InvestmentSurety insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.19B$3.43B$11.72B$20.30B
Dividend Yield2.13%2.28%5.37%3.64%
P/E Ratio8.265.5724.1534.87
Price / Sales5.038.2326.4415.49
Price / Cash8.918.2217.9120.26
Price / Book1.171.052.594.80
Net Income$762.99M$396.79M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-2.95%-1.27%-1.41%-1.07%
1 Month Performance-2.55%0.14%0.67%-1.11%
1 Year Performance25.65%6.10%14.93%13.69%

MGIC Investment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MTG
MGIC Investment
4.3942 of 5 stars
$23.97
-1.9%
$26.75
+11.6%
+24.5%$6.19B$1.21B8.26680Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
News Coverage
Positive News
RDN
Radian Group
3.1545 of 5 stars
$32.74
+1.2%
$36.30
+10.9%
+17.6%$4.88B$1.29B8.331,100Analyst Forecast
Positive News
TFSL
TFS Financial
2.439 of 5 stars
$13.58
-1.3%
$14.50
+6.8%
+1.0%$3.81B$758.78M48.501,000Dividend Announcement
SMPL
Simply Good Foods
2.1679 of 5 stars
$37.69
-1.8%
$40.22
+6.7%
+5.3%$3.81B$1.33B26.73260News Coverage
Positive News
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.4194 of 5 stars
$56.04
-0.8%
$64.75
+15.5%
+30.0%$3.30B$1.40B12.682,229
WD
Walker & Dunlop
3.2195 of 5 stars
$86.33
+0.2%
$107.50
+24.5%
-11.5%$2.92B$1.07B30.831,326Analyst Revision
BANC
Banc of California
4.6528 of 5 stars
$15.59
-1.8%
$18.18
+16.6%
+4.4%$2.48B$1.89B27.842,304Positive News
PFS
Provident Financial Services
4.2506 of 5 stars
$18.62
-1.6%
$24.00
+28.9%
+18.1%$2.43B$694.73M17.741,142
WAFD
WaFd
4.4541 of 5 stars
$29.77
-0.6%
$33.75
+13.4%
+3.9%$2.43B$1.43B13.722,208Analyst Revision
AGM
Federal Agricultural Mortgage
4.1014 of 5 stars
$199.80
+0.1%
$215.00
+7.6%
+12.5%$2.17B$1.42B12.85160Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
News Coverage
Gap Up
NWBI
Northwest Bancshares
2.3144 of 5 stars
$13.04
-0.4%
$12.50
-4.1%
+8.2%$1.66B$756.21M16.512,165

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