COOP vs. PFSI, RKT, CRCL, BBD, KB, SOFI, KLAR, BBDO, IX, and SYF
Should you be buying Mr. Cooper Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mr. Cooper Group include PennyMac Financial Services (PFSI), Rocket Companies (RKT), Circle Internet Group (CRCL), Banco Bradesco (BBD), KB Financial Group (KB), SoFi Technologies (SOFI), Klarna Group (KLAR), Banco Bradesco (BBDO), Orix Corp Ads (IX), and Synchrony Financial (SYF). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Mr. Cooper Group vs. Its Competitors
Mr. Cooper Group (NASDAQ:COOP) and PennyMac Financial Services (NYSE:PFSI) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
Mr. Cooper Group has higher revenue and earnings than PennyMac Financial Services. PennyMac Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mr. Cooper Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, PennyMac Financial Services had 18 more articles in the media than Mr. Cooper Group. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for PennyMac Financial Services and 2 mentions for Mr. Cooper Group. Mr. Cooper Group's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat PennyMac Financial Services' score of 0.06 indicating that Mr. Cooper Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mr. Cooper Group pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. PennyMac Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Mr. Cooper Group pays out 22.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PennyMac Financial Services pays out 16.6% 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. PennyMac Financial Services has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. PennyMac Financial Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Mr. Cooper Group has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PennyMac Financial Services has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Mr. Cooper Group presently has a consensus target price of $140.38, indicating a potential downside of 33.41%. PennyMac Financial Services has a consensus target price of $130.17, indicating a potential upside of 11.34%. Given PennyMac Financial Services' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PennyMac Financial Services is more favorable than Mr. Cooper Group.
89.8% of Mr. Cooper Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.9% of PennyMac Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Mr. Cooper Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.8% of PennyMac Financial Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Mr. Cooper Group has a net margin of 25.38% compared to PennyMac Financial Services' net margin of 22.00%. Mr. Cooper Group's return on equity of 15.66% beat PennyMac Financial Services' return on equity.
Summary
Mr. Cooper Group beats PennyMac Financial Services on 11 of the 18 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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This page (NASDAQ:COOP) was last updated on 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
