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$85.28 +2.17 (+2.61%)
Closing price 04/2/2025 03:58 PM Eastern
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WD vs. MTG, RDN, TFSL, SMPL, WSFS, WAFD, BANC, PFS, AGM, and NWBI

Should you be buying Walker & Dunlop stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Walker & Dunlop include MGIC Investment (MTG), Radian Group (RDN), TFS Financial (TFSL), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), WSFS Financial (WSFS), WaFd (WAFD), Banc of California (BANC), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), and Northwest Bancshares (NWBI). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.

Walker & Dunlop vs.

MGIC Investment (NYSE:MTG) and Walker & Dunlop (NYSE:WD) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Walker & Dunlop pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. MGIC Investment pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Walker & Dunlop pays out 84.0% 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 has higher revenue and earnings than Walker & Dunlop. MGIC Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Walker & Dunlop, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MGIC Investment$1.21B5.13$762.99M$2.908.81
Walker & Dunlop$1.13B2.56$108.17M$3.1926.73

MGIC Investment currently has a consensus price target of $26.75, suggesting a potential upside of 4.66%. Walker & Dunlop has a consensus price target of $107.50, suggesting a potential upside of 26.06%. Given Walker & Dunlop's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Walker & Dunlop 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
Walker & Dunlop
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

MGIC Investment has a net margin of 63.18% compared to Walker & Dunlop's net margin of 9.55%. MGIC Investment's return on equity of 14.86% beat Walker & Dunlop's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MGIC Investment63.18% 14.86% 11.69%
Walker & Dunlop 9.55%9.64%3.96%

MGIC Investment received 164 more outperform votes than Walker & Dunlop when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.39% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote while only 59.59% of users gave Walker & Dunlop an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MGIC InvestmentOutperform Votes
484
66.39%
Underperform Votes
245
33.61%
Walker & DunlopOutperform Votes
320
59.59%
Underperform Votes
217
40.41%

In the previous week, MGIC Investment had 16 more articles in the media than Walker & Dunlop. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for MGIC Investment and 3 mentions for Walker & Dunlop. MGIC Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Walker & Dunlop's score of 1.25 indicating that MGIC Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
MGIC Investment
16 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Walker & Dunlop
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

MGIC Investment has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Walker & Dunlop has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

95.6% of MGIC Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.0% of Walker & Dunlop shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of MGIC Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Walker & Dunlop shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

MGIC Investment beats Walker & Dunlop on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WD vs. The Competition

MetricWalker & DunlopNondepository credit institutions IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.90B$7.26B$11.40B$19.63B
Dividend Yield3.14%4.14%5.41%3.78%
P/E Ratio26.7316.5422.7533.46
Price / Sales2.569.6725.6826.71
Price / Cash6.6142.1517.6217.54
Price / Book1.642.212.754.61
Net Income$108.17M$524.31M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.17%-3.56%-0.57%-0.77%
1 Month Performance1.77%-6.43%495.45%-1.26%
1 Year Performance-10.17%10.02%537.12%4.22%

Walker & Dunlop Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WD
Walker & Dunlop
3.8198 of 5 stars
$85.28
+2.6%
$107.50
+26.1%
-10.7%$2.90B$1.13B26.731,326Positive News
MTG
MGIC Investment
3.2538 of 5 stars
$24.08
+2.2%
$26.75
+11.1%
+16.9%$5.84B$1.21B8.30680News Coverage
Positive News
RDN
Radian Group
1.9429 of 5 stars
$32.49
+1.5%
$36.80
+13.3%
+4.3%$4.71B$1.29B8.271,400Positive News
TFSL
TFS Financial
3.0753 of 5 stars
$12.43
+2.5%
$14.50
+16.7%
+2.7%$3.49B$302.58M44.391,000Positive News
SMPL
Simply Good Foods
3.2485 of 5 stars
$33.40
+1.2%
$39.56
+18.4%
+4.2%$3.37B$1.36B23.69260Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.1619 of 5 stars
$53.32
+2.4%
$64.75
+21.4%
+21.4%$3.12B$1.04B12.062,160News Coverage
WAFD
WaFd
4.5851 of 5 stars
$28.82
+4.2%
$33.75
+17.1%
+3.4%$2.35B$725.16M13.282,130News Coverage
Positive News
BANC
Banc of California
4.7693 of 5 stars
$14.75
+4.7%
$18.18
+23.2%
-1.6%$2.34B$985.89M26.34680News Coverage
PFS
Provident Financial Services
4.4175 of 5 stars
$17.41
+2.9%
$24.00
+37.9%
+20.0%$2.27B$694.73M16.581,150Positive News
AGM
Federal Agricultural Mortgage
4.4432 of 5 stars
$194.82
+1.7%
$230.00
+18.1%
+1.3%$2.12B$375.18M11.84160Positive News
NWBI
Northwest Bancshares
3.0904 of 5 stars
$12.16
+0.9%
$12.50
+2.8%
+8.6%$1.55B$520.47M15.392,165
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This page (NYSE:WD) was last updated on 4/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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