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Turkey's Erdogan wins another term as president, extends rule into 3rd decade
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China's 1st domestically made passenger plane completes maiden commercial flight
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Biden and McCarthy reach a final deal to avoid US default and now must sell it to Congress
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EgyptAir flight from Cairo blows tire during landing in Saudi Arabia
Russia launched 'largest drone attack' on Ukrainian capital before Kyiv Day; 1 killed
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Turkey's Erdogan wins another term as president, extends rule into 3rd decade
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Biden and McCarthy reach a final deal to avoid US default and now must sell it to Congress
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Russia launched 'largest drone attack' on Ukrainian capital before Kyiv Day; 1 killed
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NASDAQ:WAFD

Washington Federal (WAFD) Competitors

$26.77
+0.31 (+1.17%)
(As of 05/26/2023 ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$26.02
$26.82
50-Day Range
$25.11
$32.14
52-Week Range
$23.90
$39.17
Volume
486,400 shs
Average Volume
694,352 shs
Market Capitalization
$1.76 billion
P/E Ratio
6.55
Dividend Yield
3.74%
Price Target
$34.00

WAFD vs. WSFS, NWBI, DCOM, BANC, TBBK, FULT, FFBC, PRK, FRME, and NBTB

Should you be buying Washington Federal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Washington Federal include WSFS Financial (WSFS), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Banc of California (BANC), Bancorp (TBBK), Fulton Financial (FULT), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), Park National (PRK), First Merchants (FRME), and NBT Bancorp (NBTB). These companies are all part of the "national commercial banks" industry.

Washington Federal vs.

Washington Federal (NASDAQ:WAFD) and WSFS Financial (NASDAQ:WSFS) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Washington Federal presently has a consensus price target of $34.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.01%. WSFS Financial has a consensus price target of $51.20, indicating a potential upside of 49.49%. Given WSFS Financial's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe WSFS Financial is more favorable than Washington Federal.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Washington Federal
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
WSFS Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

Washington Federal has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WSFS Financial has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Washington Federal has a net margin of 31.00% compared to WSFS Financial's net margin of 26.79%. Washington Federal's return on equity of 14.12% beat WSFS Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Washington Federal 31.00% 14.12% 1.33%
WSFS Financial 26.79% 13.06% 1.44%

In the previous week, Washington Federal had 1 more articles in the media than WSFS Financial. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Washington Federal and 3 mentions for WSFS Financial. WSFS Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Washington Federal's score of 1.12 indicating that WSFS Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Washington Federal
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
WSFS Financial
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Washington Federal has higher earnings, but lower revenue than WSFS Financial. Washington Federal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WSFS Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Washington Federal$732.73 million2.40$236.33 million$4.096.55
WSFS Financial$963.95 million2.18$222.38 million$4.487.65

80.4% of Washington Federal shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of WSFS Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Washington Federal shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of WSFS Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Washington Federal received 14 more outperform votes than WSFS Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 51.82% of users gave WSFS Financial an outperform vote while only 51.45% of users gave Washington Federal an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Washington FederalOutperform Votes
213
51.45%
Underperform Votes
201
48.55%
WSFS FinancialOutperform Votes
199
51.82%
Underperform Votes
185
48.18%

Washington Federal pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. WSFS Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Washington Federal pays out 24.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WSFS Financial pays out 13.4% 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.

Summary

WSFS Financial beats Washington Federal on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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WAFD vs. The Competition

MetricWashington FederalNational commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.76B$14.28B$6.35B$6.18B
Dividend Yield3.74%4.28%6.93%6.15%
P/E Ratio6.556.44160.7814.42
Price / Sales2.402.073,951.4486.33
Price / Cash5.826.9832.80107.27
Price / Book0.850.962.617.13
Net Income$236.33M$2.01B$648.68M$192.91M
7 Day Performance1.36%1.61%-0.27%0.20%
1 Month Performance-4.53%-3.87%-1.74%1.33%
1 Year Performance-17.71%-17.65%-8.36%-0.24%

Washington Federal Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WSFS
WSFS Financial
2.7178 of 5 stars
$35.01
+4.4%
$51.20
+46.2%
-20.5%$2.15B$963.95M7.812,160
NWBI
Northwest Bancshares
2.0842 of 5 stars
$10.85
+0.6%
$12.00
+10.6%
-16.5%$1.38B$559.65M10.052,228
DCOM
Dime Community Bancshares
3.2703 of 5 stars
$18.00
+3.0%
$29.25
+62.5%
-46.1%$698.58M$477.38M4.70802
BANC
Banc of California
3.2412 of 5 stars
$11.52
+3.3%
$17.50
+51.9%
-41.0%$647.50M$330.28M7.53673Short Interest ↓
TBBK
Bancorp
2.4015 of 5 stars
$31.56
+0.9%
$39.00
+23.6%
+59.1%$1.73B$413.98M11.86650Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
FULT
Fulton Financial
2.7169 of 5 stars
$11.55
+1.5%
$15.50
+34.2%
-27.7%$1.88B$1.06B6.883,300
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
2.5866 of 5 stars
$19.88
+1.2%
$24.00
+20.7%
-7.9%$1.89B$774.65M7.622,108News Coverage
Positive News
PRK
Park National
1.3665 of 5 stars
$104.56
+1.5%
N/A-16.6%$1.69B$514.18M11.941,794News Coverage
FRME
First Merchants
3.1026 of 5 stars
$27.52
+1.9%
$44.67
+62.3%
-33.2%$1.64B$712.95M6.932,124Positive News
NBTB
NBT Bancorp
2.4005 of 5 stars
$35.49
+0.5%
$42.17
+18.8%
-7.0%$1.52B$539.65M10.441,861Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:WAFD) was last updated on 5/28/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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