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Radian Group (RDN) Competitors

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$32.16 -0.21 (-0.65%)
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RDN vs. MTG, SMPL, TFSL, WSFS, WD, WAFD, PFS, BANC, AGM, and NWBI

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

Radian Group vs.

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

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 Group46.85% 13.96% 7.72%
MGIC Investment 63.18%14.86%11.69%

95.3% of Radian Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of MGIC Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Radian Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of MGIC Investment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Radian Group had 4 more articles in the media than MGIC Investment. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Radian Group and 6 mentions for MGIC Investment. Radian Group's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat MGIC Investment's score of 0.86 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
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
MGIC Investment
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

MGIC Investment received 10 more outperform votes than Radian Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.30% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote while only 65.02% of users gave Radian Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Radian GroupOutperform Votes
474
65.02%
Underperform Votes
255
34.98%
MGIC InvestmentOutperform Votes
484
66.30%
Underperform Votes
246
33.70%

Radian Group currently has a consensus target price of $36.20, suggesting a potential upside of 11.73%. MGIC Investment has a consensus target price of $26.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.17%. Given Radian Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly 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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Radian Group$1.29B3.55$604.44M$3.938.24
MGIC Investment$1.21B4.87$762.99M$2.908.37

Radian Group has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MGIC Investment has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

MGIC Investment beats Radian Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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RDN vs. The Competition

MetricRadian GroupSurety insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.58B$2.99B$10.85B$18.53B
Dividend Yield3.23%2.50%6.01%4.23%
P/E Ratio8.245.5921.5731.15
Price / Sales3.553.3225.4625.69
Price / Cash6.688.2217.6117.53
Price / Book1.021.022.574.29
Net Income$604.44M$396.79M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.09%-0.46%0.14%-0.79%
1 Month Performance2.81%-3.94%-3.46%-6.88%
1 Year Performance9.92%0.85%534.42%1.74%

Radian Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RDN
Radian Group
3.053 of 5 stars
$32.16
-0.6%
$36.20
+12.6%
+8.8%$4.54B$1.29B8.181,400Short Interest ↓
Positive News
MTG
MGIC Investment
3.2281 of 5 stars
$22.50
-2.8%
$26.75
+18.9%
+24.0%$5.46B$1.21B7.76680Short Interest ↓
SMPL
Simply Good Foods
2.3575 of 5 stars
$33.89
+0.1%
$39.56
+16.7%
+18.7%$3.42B$1.36B24.04260Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
TFSL
TFS Financial
3.012 of 5 stars
$11.72
+0.2%
$14.50
+23.7%
+1.6%$3.29B$302.58M41.861,000Positive News
High Trading Volume
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.7343 of 5 stars
$46.36
-0.6%
$64.75
+39.7%
+11.5%$2.69B$1.04B10.492,160News Coverage
High Trading Volume
WD
Walker & Dunlop
3.7409 of 5 stars
$75.05
-4.0%
$107.50
+43.2%
-17.6%$2.55B$1.13B23.531,326
WAFD
WaFd
4.3082 of 5 stars
$25.11
-0.5%
$33.75
+34.4%
+1.4%$2.05B$725.16M11.572,130Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
PFS
Provident Financial Services
4.2118 of 5 stars
$15.27
-1.5%
$24.00
+57.2%
+9.8%$1.99B$694.73M14.541,150Positive News
BANC
Banc of California
4.6472 of 5 stars
$12.11
-2.1%
$18.18
+50.2%
-7.1%$1.92B$985.89M21.62680Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
AGM
Federal Agricultural Mortgage
4.6765 of 5 stars
$168.07
-3.7%
$230.00
+36.8%
-5.0%$1.83B$375.18M10.22160News Coverage
Positive News
NWBI
Northwest Bancshares
3.4464 of 5 stars
$11.10
-0.7%
$12.50
+12.6%
+3.7%$1.42B$520.47M14.052,160High Trading Volume
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