Northwest Bancshares (NWBI) Competitors

Radian Group (NYSE:RDN) and Northwest Bancshares (NASDAQ:NWBI) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Do analysts recommend RDN or NWBI?

Radian Group currently has a consensus price target of $36.83, suggesting a potential upside of 8.42%. Northwest Bancshares has a consensus price target of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.00%. Given Northwest Bancshares' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Northwest Bancshares is more favorable than Radian Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Radian Group	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Northwest Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is RDN or NWBI more profitable?

Radian Group has a net margin of 46.85% compared to Northwest Bancshares' net margin of 13.26%. Radian Group's return on equity of 13.96% beat Northwest Bancshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Radian Group	46.85%	13.96%	7.72%
Northwest Bancshares	13.26%	8.44%	0.92%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RDN or NWBI?

Radian Group received 201 more outperform votes than Northwest Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.80% of users gave Radian Group an outperform vote while only 57.20% of users gave Northwest Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Radian Group	Outperform Votes 475 64.80%	Underperform Votes 258 35.20%
Northwest Bancshares	Outperform Votes 274 57.20%	Underperform Votes 205 42.80%

Which has better earnings & valuation, RDN or NWBI?

Radian Group has higher revenue and earnings than Northwest Bancshares. Radian Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northwest Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Radian Group	$1.29B	3.54	$604.44M	$3.93	8.64
Northwest Bancshares	$545.45M	2.93	$100.28M	$0.90	13.89

Is RDN or NWBI a better dividend stock?

Radian Group pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Northwest Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Radian Group pays out 26.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northwest Bancshares pays out 88.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Radian Group has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years.

Which has more volatility and risk, RDN or NWBI?

Radian Group has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northwest Bancshares has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to RDN or NWBI?

In the previous week, Radian Group had 22 more articles in the media than Northwest Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Radian Group and 2 mentions for Northwest Bancshares. Northwest Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Radian Group's score of 0.65 indicating that Northwest Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Radian Group	14 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Northwest Bancshares	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in RDN or NWBI?

95.3% of Radian Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.3% of Northwest Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Radian Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Northwest Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Radian Group beats Northwest Bancshares on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.