MGIC Investment (MTG) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate RDN or MTG?

Radian Group currently has a consensus target price of $36.80, suggesting a potential upside of 12.11%. MGIC Investment has a consensus target price of $26.75, suggesting a potential upside of 9.65%. 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
Radian Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
MGIC Investment	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13

Which has more risk and volatility, RDN or MTG?

Radian Group has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MGIC Investment has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in RDN or MTG?

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

Is RDN or MTG a better dividend stock?

Radian Group pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Radian Group pays out 26.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MGIC Investment pays out 17.9% 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.

Does the media prefer RDN or MTG?

In the previous week, MGIC Investment had 3 more articles in the media than Radian Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for MGIC Investment and 5 mentions for Radian Group. Radian Group's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat MGIC Investment's score of 1.13 indicating that Radian Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
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	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is RDN or MTG more profitable?

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
Radian Group	46.85%	13.96%	7.72%
MGIC Investment	63.18%	14.86%	11.69%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RDN or MTG?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Radian Group	Outperform Votes 473 64.97%	Underperform Votes 255 35.03%
MGIC Investment	Outperform Votes 484 66.39%	Underperform Votes 245 33.61%

Which has better valuation and earnings, RDN or MTG?

MGIC Investment has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Radian Group	$1.29B	3.69	$604.44M	$3.93	8.35
MGIC Investment	$1.21B	4.90	$762.99M	$2.90	8.41

Summary

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