Northwest Bancshares (NWBI) Competitors

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$13.09 +0.14 (+1.08%)
Closing price 02/13/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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NWBI vs. MTG, RDN, TFSL, SMPL, WSFS, WD, BANC, WAFD, PFS, and AGM

Should you be buying Northwest Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northwest Bancshares include MGIC Investment (MTG), Radian Group (RDN), TFS Financial (TFSL), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Banc of California (BANC), WaFd (WAFD), Provident Financial Services (PFS), and Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.

Northwest Bancshares vs.

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

In the previous week, MGIC Investment had 10 more articles in the media than Northwest Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for MGIC Investment and 0 mentions for Northwest Bancshares. MGIC Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Northwest Bancshares' score of 0.00 indicating that MGIC Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Northwest Bancshares Neutral
MGIC Investment Positive

Northwest Bancshares presently has a consensus target price of $12.50, suggesting a potential downside of 4.51%. MGIC Investment has a consensus target price of $26.25, suggesting a potential upside of 7.06%. Given MGIC Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MGIC Investment is more favorable than Northwest Bancshares.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Northwest Bancshares
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50
MGIC Investment
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13

Northwest Bancshares has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MGIC Investment has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

MGIC Investment has a net margin of 63.18% compared to Northwest Bancshares' net margin of 13.26%. MGIC Investment's return on equity of 14.86% beat Northwest Bancshares' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Northwest Bancshares13.26% 8.44% 0.92%
MGIC Investment 63.18%14.86%11.69%

Northwest Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Northwest Bancshares pays out 101.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. MGIC Investment pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Northwest Bancshares$756.21M2.21$100.28M$0.7916.57
MGIC Investment$1.21B5.14$712.95M$2.908.45

66.3% of Northwest Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of MGIC Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Northwest Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of MGIC Investment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

MGIC Investment received 210 more outperform votes than Northwest Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.48% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote while only 57.20% of users gave Northwest Bancshares an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Northwest BancsharesOutperform Votes
274
57.20%
Underperform Votes
205
42.80%
MGIC InvestmentOutperform Votes
484
66.48%
Underperform Votes
244
33.52%

Summary

MGIC Investment beats Northwest Bancshares on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NWBI vs. The Competition

MetricNorthwest BancsharesNational commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.67B$24.02B$12.05B$9.15B
Dividend Yield5.97%3.14%5.71%4.00%
P/E Ratio16.5713.5323.2519.43
Price / Sales2.212.4227.7471.49
Price / Cash12.6111.4818.3538.87
Price / Book1.041.272.725.07
Net Income$100.28M$2.34B$1.03B$222.90M
7 Day Performance-0.61%0.09%0.39%1.23%
1 Month Performance0.46%5.39%4.15%4.23%
1 Year Performance11.40%27.45%17.64%20.29%

Northwest Bancshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NWBI
Northwest Bancshares
2.288 of 5 stars
$13.09
+1.1%
$12.50
-4.5%
+12.9%$1.67B$756.21M16.572,165
MTG
MGIC Investment
3.2557 of 5 stars
$25.15
-1.5%
$25.86
+2.8%
+28.0%$6.38B$1.16B8.86680
RDN
Radian Group
3.4968 of 5 stars
$33.65
-1.1%
$36.30
+7.9%
+15.7%$5.02B$1.24B8.731,100Dividend Increase
TFSL
TFS Financial
2.3554 of 5 stars
$13.50
-1.6%
$14.50
+7.4%
+7.6%$3.80B$758.78M48.371,000
SMPL
Simply Good Foods
2.3808 of 5 stars
$37.58
-1.1%
$40.22
+7.0%
+8.2%$3.80B$1.33B26.65260Positive News
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.4547 of 5 stars
$55.36
-1.1%
$64.75
+17.0%
+37.7%$3.25B$1.40B12.502,229
WD
Walker & Dunlop
3.1297 of 5 stars
$94.23
-1.9%
$111.00
+17.8%
-7.3%$3.18B$1.05B33.651,326Earnings Report
News Coverage
BANC
Banc of California
4.5669 of 5 stars
$15.77
-1.6%
$18.20
+15.4%
+20.9%$2.51B$1.89B28.212,304Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
WAFD
WaFd
4.6478 of 5 stars
$29.53
-0.5%
$36.00
+21.9%
+9.9%$2.41B$1.43B13.662,208Dividend Increase
PFS
Provident Financial Services
4.2696 of 5 stars
$18.25
-1.7%
$24.00
+31.5%
+24.6%$2.39B$1.14B17.421,142Gap Down
AGM
Federal Agricultural Mortgage
4.1464 of 5 stars
$195.69
-1.1%
$215.00
+9.9%
+10.0%$2.13B$1.42B12.59160

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This page (NASDAQ:NWBI) was last updated on 2/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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