Northwest Bancshares (NWBI) Competitors

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

Is NWBI or RDN a better dividend stock?

Northwest Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Radian Group pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. 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 pays out 26.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Radian Group has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years.

Do analysts prefer NWBI or RDN?

Northwest Bancshares presently has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.07%. Radian Group has a consensus price target of $36.83, indicating a potential upside of 0.09%. Given Northwest Bancshares' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Northwest Bancshares is more favorable than Radian Group.

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

Which has more volatility and risk, NWBI or RDN?

Northwest Bancshares has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Radian Group has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, NWBI or RDN?

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
Northwest Bancshares	$756.21M	2.22	$100.28M	$0.90	14.61
Radian Group	$1.29B	3.83	$604.44M	$3.93	9.36

Is NWBI or RDN more profitable?

Radian Group has a net margin of 46.29% compared to Northwest Bancshares' net margin of 14.75%. Radian Group's return on equity of 13.54% beat Northwest Bancshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northwest Bancshares	14.75%	9.24%	1.02%
Radian Group	46.29%	13.54%	7.33%

Does the media refer more to NWBI or RDN?

In the previous week, Radian Group had 3 more articles in the media than Northwest Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Radian Group and 2 mentions for Northwest Bancshares. Radian Group's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Northwest Bancshares' score of -0.09 indicating that Radian Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Northwest Bancshares	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Radian Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of NWBI or RDN?

66.3% of Northwest Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Radian Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Northwest Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Radian Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Radian Group beats Northwest Bancshares on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.