TFSL vs. MTG, RDN, SMPL, WSFS, WD, WAFD, PFS, BANC, AGM, and NWBI
Should you be buying TFS Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TFS Financial include MGIC Investment (MTG), Radian Group (RDN), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), 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.
TFS Financial vs.
MGIC Investment (NYSE:MTG) and TFS Financial (NASDAQ:TFSL) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and community ranking.
MGIC Investment received 185 more outperform votes than TFS Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.34% of users gave TFS Financial an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote.
In the previous week, MGIC Investment had 2 more articles in the media than TFS Financial. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for MGIC Investment and 0 mentions for TFS Financial. TFS Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat MGIC Investment's score of -0.17 indicating that TFS Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
95.6% of MGIC Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.8% of TFS Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of MGIC Investment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of TFS Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. TFS Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. MGIC Investment pays out 18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TFS Financial pays out 418.5% 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 has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TFS Financial has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
MGIC Investment currently has a consensus price target of $25.86, indicating a potential upside of 5.64%. TFS Financial has a consensus price target of $14.50, indicating a potential upside of 15.35%. Given TFS Financial's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TFS Financial is more favorable than MGIC Investment.
MGIC Investment has a net margin of 64.09% compared to TFS Financial's net margin of 10.49%. MGIC Investment's return on equity of 14.99% beat TFS Financial's return on equity.
MGIC Investment has higher revenue and earnings than TFS Financial. MGIC Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TFS Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
MGIC Investment beats TFS Financial on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:TFSL) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
