WSFS vs. WAFD, BANC, NWBI, OCFC, DCOM, BANF, CBU, FULT, SFNC, and FFBC
Should you be buying WSFS Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WSFS Financial include WaFd (WAFD), Banc of California (BANC), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), BancFirst (BANF), Community Bank System (CBU), Fulton Financial (FULT), Simmons First National (SFNC), and First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.
WSFS Financial (NASDAQ:WSFS) and WaFd (NASDAQ:WAFD) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
WaFd received 14 more outperform votes than WSFS Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.89% of users gave WSFS Financial an outperform vote while only 49.43% of users gave WaFd an outperform vote.
In the previous week, WaFd had 23 more articles in the media than WSFS Financial. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for WaFd and 1 mentions for WSFS Financial. WSFS Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat WaFd's score of 0.45 indicating that WSFS Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
WSFS Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. WaFd pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. WSFS Financial pays out 13.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WaFd pays out 39.5% 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.
WSFS Financial currently has a consensus price target of $43.67, indicating a potential downside of 5.83%. WaFd has a consensus price target of $34.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.18%. Given WaFd's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe WaFd is more favorable than WSFS Financial.
WSFS Financial has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WaFd has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
88.5% of WSFS Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of WaFd shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of WSFS Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of WaFd shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
WSFS Financial has a net margin of 20.73% compared to WaFd's net margin of 15.33%. WSFS Financial's return on equity of 11.94% beat WaFd's return on equity.
WSFS Financial has higher revenue and earnings than WaFd. WSFS Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WaFd, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
WSFS Financial beats WaFd on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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