PFSI vs. CFG, BSBR, SHG, AFRM, BAP, BCH, SOFI, BSAC, ALLY, and CIB
Should you be buying PennyMac Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PennyMac Financial Services include Citizens Financial Group (CFG), Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), Shinhan Financial Group (SHG), Affirm (AFRM), Credicorp (BAP), Banco de Chile (BCH), SoFi Technologies (SOFI), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), Ally Financial (ALLY), and Bancolombia (CIB). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
PennyMac Financial Services vs.
PennyMac Financial Services (NYSE:PFSI) and Citizens Financial Group (NYSE:CFG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
PennyMac Financial Services has a net margin of 19.54% compared to Citizens Financial Group's net margin of 12.21%. PennyMac Financial Services' return on equity of 16.61% beat Citizens Financial Group's return on equity.
PennyMac Financial Services currently has a consensus price target of $122.17, indicating a potential upside of 19.08%. Citizens Financial Group has a consensus price target of $48.67, indicating a potential upside of 15.21%. Given PennyMac Financial Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PennyMac Financial Services is more favorable than Citizens Financial Group.
In the previous week, Citizens Financial Group had 22 more articles in the media than PennyMac Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Citizens Financial Group and 4 mentions for PennyMac Financial Services. PennyMac Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Citizens Financial Group's score of 0.57 indicating that PennyMac Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PennyMac Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Citizens Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. PennyMac Financial Services pays out 20.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Citizens Financial Group pays out 55.4% 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.
PennyMac Financial Services has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Citizens Financial Group has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
57.9% of PennyMac Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Citizens Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.6% of PennyMac Financial Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Citizens Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Citizens Financial Group received 139 more outperform votes than PennyMac Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.09% of users gave PennyMac Financial Services an outperform vote while only 61.94% of users gave Citizens Financial Group an outperform vote.
Citizens Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than PennyMac Financial Services. Citizens Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PennyMac Financial Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
PennyMac Financial Services beats Citizens Financial Group on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PFSI) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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