RDN vs. MTG, SMPL, TFSL, WD, NYCB, WSFS, WAFD, 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), Walker & Dunlop (WD), New York Community Bancorp (NYCB), WSFS Financial (WSFS), WaFd (WAFD), Banc of California (BANC), Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), and Northwest Bancshares (NWBI). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
MGIC Investment (NYSE:MTG) and Radian Group (NYSE:RDN) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Radian Group had 12 more articles in the media than MGIC Investment. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Radian Group and 9 mentions for MGIC Investment. Radian Group's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat MGIC Investment's score of 0.44 indicating that MGIC Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
95.6% of MGIC Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Radian Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of MGIC Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Radian Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Radian Group pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. MGIC Investment pays out 17.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Radian Group pays out 25.9% 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 has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Radian Group has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
MGIC Investment has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Radian Group has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MGIC Investment has a net margin of 62.85% compared to MGIC Investment's net margin of 47.74%. Radian Group's return on equity of 15.00% beat MGIC Investment's return on equity.
MGIC Investment received 12 more outperform votes than Radian Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.18% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote while only 65.14% of users gave Radian Group an outperform vote.
MGIC Investment currently has a consensus target price of $21.67, suggesting a potential upside of 5.90%. Radian Group has a consensus target price of $30.88, suggesting a potential downside of 0.53%. Given Radian Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe MGIC Investment is more favorable than Radian Group.
MGIC Investment has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Radian Group. MGIC Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Radian Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
MGIC Investment beats Radian Group on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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