PFS vs. MTG, RDN, SMPL, TFSL, WSFS, WD, WAFD, BANC, AGM, and NWBI
Should you be buying Provident Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Provident Financial Services include MGIC Investment (MTG), Radian Group (RDN), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), TFS Financial (TFSL), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Walker & Dunlop (WD), WaFd (WAFD), Banc of California (BANC), Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), and Northwest Bancshares (NWBI). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
Provident Financial Services vs.
Provident Financial Services (NYSE:PFS) and MGIC Investment (NYSE:MTG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, earnings and profitability.
Provident Financial Services has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MGIC Investment has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MGIC Investment has a net margin of 63.18% compared to Provident Financial Services' net margin of 10.13%. MGIC Investment's return on equity of 14.86% beat Provident Financial Services' return on equity.
Provident Financial Services currently has a consensus target price of $24.00, indicating a potential upside of 37.69%. MGIC Investment has a consensus target price of $26.75, indicating a potential upside of 10.08%. Given Provident Financial Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Provident Financial Services is more favorable than MGIC Investment.
MGIC Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Provident Financial Services. MGIC Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Provident Financial Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
72.0% of Provident Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of MGIC Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Provident Financial Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of MGIC Investment shares are held by 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.
In the previous week, MGIC Investment had 4 more articles in the media than Provident Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for MGIC Investment and 4 mentions for Provident Financial Services. Provident Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat MGIC Investment's score of 1.25 indicating that Provident Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Provident Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Provident Financial Services pays out 91.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. MGIC Investment pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
MGIC Investment received 189 more outperform votes than Provident Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.39% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote while only 59.72% of users gave Provident Financial Services an outperform vote.
Summary
MGIC Investment beats Provident Financial Services on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PFS) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
