MTG vs. RDN, ESNT, AGO, ORI, NMIH, HR, FAF, RITM, AIRC, and JXN
Should you be buying MGIC Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MGIC Investment include Radian Group (RDN), Essent Group (ESNT), Assured Guaranty (AGO), Old Republic International (ORI), NMI (NMIH), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), First American Financial (FAF), Rithm Capital (RITM), Apartment Income REIT (AIRC), and Jackson Financial (JXN). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
MGIC Investment (NYSE:MTG) and Radian Group (NYSE:RDN) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. 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 received 12 more outperform votes than Radian Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.27% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote while only 65.23% of users gave Radian Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, MGIC Investment and MGIC Investment both had 16 articles in the media. Radian Group's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat MGIC Investment's score of 0.77 indicating that Radian Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MGIC Investment has a net margin of 62.85% compared to Radian Group's net margin of 47.74%. MGIC Investment's return on equity of 15.00% beat Radian Group's return on equity.
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.
95.6% of MGIC Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Radian Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
MGIC Investment presently has a consensus price target of $21.08, suggesting a potential upside of 2.15%. Radian Group has a consensus price target of $30.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.57%. Given MGIC Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MGIC Investment is more favorable than Radian Group.
MGIC Investment has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Radian Group has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
MGIC Investment beats Radian Group on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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