CFFN vs. WSFS, WD, WAFD, PFS, AGM, BANC, 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), Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), Banc of California (BANC), 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. Its Competitors
Capitol Federal Financial (NASDAQ:CFFN) and WSFS Financial (NASDAQ:WSFS) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
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.
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.
Capitol Federal Financial currently has a consensus target price of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.70%. WSFS Financial has a consensus target price of $62.75, indicating a potential upside of 18.22%. Given WSFS Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe WSFS Financial is more favorable than Capitol Federal Financial.
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 50.37% of users gave WSFS Financial an outperform vote.
88.5% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of WSFS Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of WSFS Financial shares are held by 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.
In the previous week, WSFS Financial had 5 more articles in the media than Capitol Federal Financial. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for WSFS Financial and 2 mentions for Capitol Federal Financial. Capitol Federal Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat WSFS Financial's score of 1.23 indicating that Capitol Federal Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Capitol Federal Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. WSFS Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. 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 pays out 15.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WSFS Financial has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Capitol Federal Financial has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WSFS Financial has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
WSFS Financial beats Capitol Federal Financial on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CFFN) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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