DCOM vs. RDN, SMPL, TFSL, WSFS, WD, WAFD, PFS, BANC, AGM, and NWBI
Should you be buying Dime Community Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dime Community Bancshares include Radian Group (RDN), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), TFS Financial (TFSL), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Walker & Dunlop (WD), WaFd (WAFD), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Banc of California (BANC), Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), and Northwest Bancshares (NWBI). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
Dime Community Bancshares vs.
Radian Group (NYSE:RDN) and Dime Community Bancshares (NASDAQ:DCOM) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and valuation.
Radian Group pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Dime Community Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Radian Group pays out 25.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dime Community Bancshares pays out 66.7% 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.
95.3% of Radian Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of Dime Community Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Radian Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.1% of Dime Community Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Radian Group has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dime Community Bancshares has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Radian Group received 254 more outperform votes than Dime Community Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.06% of users gave Radian Group an outperform vote while only 49.55% of users gave Dime Community Bancshares an outperform vote.
Radian Group currently has a consensus price target of $36.30, indicating a potential upside of 10.11%. Dime Community Bancshares has a consensus price target of $34.20, indicating a potential upside of 7.01%. Given Radian Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Radian Group is more favorable than Dime Community Bancshares.
Radian Group has a net margin of 45.96% compared to Dime Community Bancshares' net margin of 9.65%. Radian Group's return on equity of 13.81% beat Dime Community Bancshares' return on equity.
In the previous week, Radian Group had 2 more articles in the media than Dime Community Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Radian Group and 4 mentions for Dime Community Bancshares. Dime Community Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Radian Group's score of 0.33 indicating that Dime Community Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Radian Group has higher revenue and earnings than Dime Community Bancshares. Radian Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dime Community Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Radian Group beats Dime Community Bancshares on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:DCOM) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
