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Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN) Competitors

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$6.43 +0.10 (+1.58%)
Closing price 07/3/2025 02:58 PM Eastern
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CFFN vs. WSFS, WD, WAFD, PFS, AGM, BANC, NWBI, DCOM, BHLB, and OCFC

Should you be buying Capitol Federal Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capitol Federal Financial include WSFS Financial (WSFS), Walker & Dunlop (WD), WaFd (WAFD), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), Banc of California (BANC), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB), and OceanFirst Financial (OCFC). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.

Capitol Federal Financial vs. Its Competitors

WSFS Financial (NASDAQ:WSFS) and Capitol Federal Financial (NASDAQ:CFFN) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, media sentiment and valuation.

WSFS Financial has a net margin of 18.86% compared to Capitol Federal Financial's net margin of 12.91%. WSFS Financial's return on equity of 10.06% beat Capitol Federal Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
WSFS Financial18.86% 10.06% 1.26%
Capitol Federal Financial 12.91%5.10%0.55%

In the previous week, WSFS Financial had 10 more articles in the media than Capitol Federal Financial. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for WSFS Financial and 2 mentions for Capitol Federal Financial. WSFS Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Capitol Federal Financial's score of 0.30 indicating that WSFS Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
WSFS Financial
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Capitol Federal Financial
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

WSFS Financial has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capitol Federal Financial has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

WSFS Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Capitol Federal Financial. WSFS Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capitol Federal Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
WSFS Financial$1.40B2.39$263.67M$4.4513.27
Capitol Federal Financial$382.09M2.23$38.01M$0.4016.08

WSFS Financial presently has a consensus target price of $62.75, indicating a potential upside of 6.27%. Capitol Federal Financial has a consensus target price of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.09%. Given WSFS Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe WSFS Financial is more favorable than Capitol Federal Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
WSFS Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Capitol Federal Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

88.5% of WSFS Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of WSFS Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

WSFS Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Capitol Federal Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. WSFS Financial pays out 15.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capitol Federal Financial pays out 85.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. WSFS Financial has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Summary

WSFS Financial beats Capitol Federal Financial on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CFFN vs. The Competition

MetricCapitol Federal FinancialFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$840.63M$628.21M$12.03B$8.95B
Dividend Yield5.37%3.33%5.57%4.08%
P/E Ratio16.0810.2920.0720.24
Price / Sales2.231.8725.62125.29
Price / Cash16.7315.0821.5057.47
Price / Book0.831.032.285.67
Net Income$38.01M$33.50M$1.00B$248.47M
7 Day Performance5.93%3.26%2.19%3.29%
1 Month Performance13.01%5.26%4.44%5.18%
1 Year Performance18.85%18.22%540.82%21.35%

Capitol Federal Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CFFN
Capitol Federal Financial
2.8595 of 5 stars
$6.43
+1.6%
$6.50
+1.1%
+18.9%$840.63M$382.09M16.08730
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.242 of 5 stars
$53.34
+3.2%
$62.75
+17.6%
+27.0%$2.93B$1.40B11.992,309News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
WD
Walker & Dunlop
3.4216 of 5 stars
$69.56
+4.1%
$102.50
+47.4%
-20.9%$2.27B$1.13B23.821,399
WAFD
WaFd
4.0532 of 5 stars
$28.79
+2.1%
$30.50
+5.9%
+10.7%$2.26B$1.43B10.862,208
PFS
Provident Financial Services
4.326 of 5 stars
$16.69
+3.1%
$24.25
+45.3%
+29.8%$2.11B$1.14B15.041,801Analyst Revision
AGM
Federal Agricultural Mortgage
4.2487 of 5 stars
$193.09
+2.6%
$215.00
+11.3%
+10.8%$2.06B$1.62B11.93160High Trading Volume
BANC
Banc of California
4.892 of 5 stars
$13.92
+0.8%
$17.17
+23.4%
+13.7%$2.04B$1.89B21.411,903News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
NWBI
Northwest Bancshares
3.2598 of 5 stars
$12.53
+2.8%
$15.00
+19.7%
+15.1%$1.56B$756.21M13.922,027Negative News
Analyst Revision
DCOM
Dime Community Bancshares
3.9705 of 5 stars
$27.13
+3.1%
$36.88
+35.9%
+44.9%$1.15B$646.19M43.06820Analyst Revision
BHLB
Berkshire Hills Bancorp
4.3936 of 5 stars
$24.60
+3.3%
$31.13
+26.5%
+20.0%$1.10B$696.05M9.961,238Positive News
OCFC
OceanFirst Financial
4.3377 of 5 stars
$17.11
+2.8%
$20.67
+20.8%
+20.8%$972.09M$692.36M11.18960News Coverage
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:CFFN) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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