PFS vs. SMPL, TFSL, WD, WSFS, NYCB, WAFD, BANC, AGM, NWBI, and BHLB
Should you be buying Provident Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Provident Financial Services include Simply Good Foods (SMPL), TFS Financial (TFSL), Walker & Dunlop (WD), WSFS Financial (WSFS), New York Community Bancorp (NYCB), WaFd (WAFD), Banc of California (BANC), Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), and Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
Provident Financial Services (NYSE:PFS) and Simply Good Foods (NASDAQ:SMPL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Simply Good Foods received 13 more outperform votes than Provident Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.02% of users gave Simply Good Foods an outperform vote while only 60.08% of users gave Provident Financial Services an outperform vote.
Provident Financial Services currently has a consensus price target of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 38.94%. Simply Good Foods has a consensus price target of $40.29, indicating a potential upside of 8.35%. Given Provident Financial Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Provident Financial Services is more favorable than Simply Good Foods.
In the previous week, Simply Good Foods had 3 more articles in the media than Provident Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Simply Good Foods and 2 mentions for Provident Financial Services. Provident Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Simply Good Foods' score of 1.62 indicating that Provident Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Provident Financial Services has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Simply Good Foods has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
72.0% of Provident Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of Simply Good Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Provident Financial Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Simply Good Foods shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Provident Financial Services has a net margin of 16.78% compared to Simply Good Foods' net margin of 11.12%. Simply Good Foods' return on equity of 10.12% beat Provident Financial Services' return on equity.
Simply Good Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Provident Financial Services. Provident Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Simply Good Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Simply Good Foods beats Provident Financial Services on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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