WaFd (WAFD) Competitors $28.79 +0.60 (+2.13%) Closing price 06/23/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$28.78 0.00 (-0.02%) As of 06/23/2025 04:10 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock WAFD vs. MTG, RDN, TFSL, SMPL, WSFS, WD, PFS, AGM, BANC, and NWBIShould you be buying WaFd stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WaFd include MGIC Investment (MTG), Radian Group (RDN), TFS Financial (TFSL), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), Banc of California (BANC), and Northwest Bancshares (NWBI). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry. WaFd vs. Its Competitors MGIC Investment Radian Group TFS Financial Simply Good Foods WSFS Financial Walker & Dunlop Provident Financial Services Federal Agricultural Mortgage Banc of California Northwest Bancshares MGIC Investment (NYSE:MTG) and WaFd (NASDAQ:WAFD) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership. Do institutionals & insiders believe in MTG or WAFD? 95.6% of MGIC Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of WaFd shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of MGIC Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of WaFd shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts recommend MTG or WAFD? MGIC Investment currently has a consensus price target of $26.63, suggesting a potential downside of 3.98%. WaFd has a consensus price target of $30.50, suggesting a potential upside of 5.94%. Given WaFd's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe WaFd is more favorable than MGIC Investment.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score MGIC Investment 1 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.13WaFd 0 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Which has higher valuation and earnings, MTG or WAFD? MGIC Investment has higher earnings, but lower revenue than WaFd. MGIC Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WaFd, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioMGIC Investment$1.21B5.45$762.99M$3.019.21WaFd$1.43B1.61$200.04M$2.6510.86 Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MTG or WAFD? MGIC Investment received 268 more outperform votes than WaFd when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.21% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote while only 47.68% of users gave WaFd an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformMGIC InvestmentOutperform Votes48466.21% Underperform Votes24733.79% WaFdOutperform Votes21647.68% Underperform Votes23752.32% Does the media favor MTG or WAFD? In the previous week, MGIC Investment had 3 more articles in the media than WaFd. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for MGIC Investment and 2 mentions for WaFd. WaFd's average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat MGIC Investment's score of 1.49 indicating that WaFd is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment MGIC Investment 4 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive WaFd 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Is MTG or WAFD more profitable? MGIC Investment has a net margin of 63.49% compared to WaFd's net margin of 15.13%. MGIC Investment's return on equity of 14.96% beat WaFd's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets MGIC Investment63.49% 14.96% 11.80% WaFd 15.13%8.74%0.84% Which has more volatility & risk, MTG or WAFD? MGIC Investment has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WaFd has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is MTG or WAFD a better dividend stock? MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. WaFd pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. MGIC Investment pays out 17.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WaFd pays out 40.8% 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. MGIC Investment has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years and WaFd has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. SummaryMGIC Investment beats WaFd on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Get WaFd News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for WAFD and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WAFD and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart WAFD vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricWaFdBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$2.26B$1.72B$11.71B$8.54BDividend Yield3.83%3.64%5.68%4.23%P/E Ratio10.8610.8419.4719.28Price / Sales1.612.3225.41106.17Price / Cash6.1410.5117.7426.73Price / Book0.871.212.165.66Net Income$200.04M$193.32M$1.01B$248.36M7 Day Performance4.20%3.37%1.07%0.66%1 Month Performance1.12%1.29%1.74%3.66%1 Year Performance7.75%20.33%538.82%14.80% WaFd Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)WAFDWaFd4.016 of 5 stars$28.79+2.1%$30.50+5.9%+9.3%$2.26B$1.43B10.862,208Positive NewsMTGMGIC Investment3.3491 of 5 stars$26.93+0.3%$26.63-1.1%+29.6%$6.39B$1.22B9.29680Positive NewsRDNRadian Group2.8155 of 5 stars$34.51+0.7%$36.83+6.7%+17.1%$4.64B$1.29B8.781,400Positive NewsTFSLTFS Financial2.487 of 5 stars$12.67-0.2%$15.00+18.4%+5.1%$3.56B$304.60M45.251,000Positive NewsSMPLSimply Good Foods4.3587 of 5 stars$32.97+2.0%$41.29+25.2%-11.7%$3.33B$1.41B23.38260Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsAnalyst DowngradeWSFSWSFS Financial4.2284 of 5 stars$51.32-0.8%$62.75+22.3%+20.5%$2.91B$1.05B11.612,160News CoverageWDWalker & Dunlop3.774 of 5 stars$68.01-0.5%$102.50+50.7%-27.0%$2.31B$1.14B21.321,450High Trading VolumePFSProvident Financial Services4.1099 of 5 stars$16.22-1.3%$24.25+49.5%+23.7%$2.12B$789.01M15.451,150Positive NewsAGMFederal Agricultural Mortgage4.4864 of 5 stars$186.52+0.4%$215.00+15.3%+10.6%$2.04B$375.78M11.34160Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeBANCBanc of California4.8718 of 5 stars$13.48-1.2%$17.17+27.3%+9.6%$1.99B$991.45M24.08680Positive NewsNWBINorthwest Bancshares3.4244 of 5 stars$12.17-0.8%$15.00+23.3%+15.1%$1.57B$545.45M15.412,160 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies MTG Competitors RDN Competitors TFSL Competitors SMPL Competitors WSFS Competitors WD Competitors PFS Competitors AGM Competitors BANC Competitors NWBI Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:WAFD) was last updated on 6/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our Partners379 passengers walked away from thisElon Musk just wrote a $51 million check to back this material’s next phase… Because it’s not just saving l...True Market Insiders | SponsoredWhen This Happens, You Don’t Wait. 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