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Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN) Competitors

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$5.69 +0.04 (+0.78%)
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CFFN vs. WSFS, WD, WAFD, PFS, BANC, AGM, NWBI, BHLB, DCOM, 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), Banc of California (BANC), Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), and OceanFirst Financial (OCFC). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.

Capitol Federal Financial vs.

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

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$1.05B2.87$263.67M$4.4511.68
Capitol Federal Financial$183.58M4.14$38.01M$0.4014.33

WSFS Financial has a net margin of 18.77% compared to Capitol Federal Financial's net margin of 12.67%. WSFS Financial's return on equity of 10.30% beat Capitol Federal Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
WSFS Financial18.77% 10.30% 1.26%
Capitol Federal Financial 12.67%4.96%0.53%

WSFS Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Capitol Federal Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. 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.

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

WSFS Financial has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capitol Federal Financial has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, WSFS Financial had 13 more articles in the media than Capitol Federal Financial. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for WSFS Financial and 8 mentions for Capitol Federal Financial. Capitol Federal Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat WSFS Financial's score of 0.71 indicating that Capitol Federal Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
WSFS Financial
5 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Capitol Federal Financial
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Capitol Federal Financial received 42 more outperform votes than WSFS Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.58% of users gave Capitol Federal Financial an outperform vote while only 50.49% of users gave WSFS Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
WSFS FinancialOutperform Votes
205
50.49%
Underperform Votes
201
49.51%
Capitol Federal FinancialOutperform Votes
247
53.58%
Underperform Votes
214
46.42%

WSFS Financial presently has a consensus price target of $62.75, suggesting a potential upside of 20.74%. Capitol Federal Financial has a consensus price target of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.44%. Given WSFS Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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

Summary

WSFS Financial beats Capitol Federal Financial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CFFN vs. The Competition

MetricCapitol Federal FinancialFederal savings institutions IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$760.86M$2.98B$11.10B$7.93B
Dividend Yield5.94%3.56%5.77%4.23%
P/E Ratio14.6916.0722.1018.54
Price / Sales4.143.5526.32103.29
Price / Cash15.7519.1117.6034.62
Price / Book0.740.912.674.25
Net Income$38.01M$352.78M$1.03B$248.18M
7 Day Performance0.53%0.72%0.68%0.91%
1 Month Performance1.60%0.09%-0.59%2.58%
1 Year Performance12.57%14.70%537.57%4.02%

Capitol Federal Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CFFN
Capitol Federal Financial
3.5583 of 5 stars
$5.69
+0.8%
$6.50
+14.2%
+12.4%$754.09M$183.58M14.56730Positive News
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.2944 of 5 stars
$52.25
+1.1%
$62.75
+20.1%
+18.7%$3.03B$1.04B11.822,160Analyst Revision
WD
Walker & Dunlop
3.8641 of 5 stars
$76.69
+1.1%
$102.50
+33.7%
-20.0%$2.61B$1.13B24.041,450Earnings Report
Positive News
WAFD
WaFd
4.0372 of 5 stars
$28.24
+0.1%
$30.50
+8.0%
+3.5%$2.30B$734.08M13.012,130Short Interest ↑
Positive News
PFS
Provident Financial Services
4.1832 of 5 stars
$16.54
flat
$24.25
+46.6%
+11.3%$2.16B$694.73M15.751,150Analyst Revision
BANC
Banc of California
4.8843 of 5 stars
$13.09
-0.8%
$17.25
+31.8%
-3.3%$2.08B$990.55M23.38680Insider Trade
AGM
Federal Agricultural Mortgage
4.6156 of 5 stars
$176.17
+0.9%
$230.00
+30.6%
-7.5%$1.92B$375.18M10.71160Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
NWBI
Northwest Bancshares
3.8005 of 5 stars
$11.85
+0.9%
$15.00
+26.6%
+16.0%$1.51B$520.47M15.002,160Earnings Report
BHLB
Berkshire Hills Bancorp
4.5239 of 5 stars
$24.92
+1.0%
$31.13
+24.9%
+14.8%$1.16B$438.66M17.311,310Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
DCOM
Dime Community Bancshares
4.2157 of 5 stars
$25.62
flat
$36.88
+43.9%
+36.4%$1.12B$335.95M43.42820Positive News
OCFC
OceanFirst Financial
4.0859 of 5 stars
$16.46
-0.5%
$20.67
+25.6%
+10.4%$960.95M$379.81M9.98960Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:CFFN) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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