WAFD vs. SFNC, FFBC, FRME, CSFL, MTG, RDN, TFSL, WD, SMPL, and WSFS
Should you be buying WaFd stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WaFd include Simmons First National (SFNC), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Centerstate Bank (CSFL), MGIC Investment (MTG), Radian Group (RDN), TFS Financial (TFSL), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), and WSFS Financial (WSFS).
WaFd (NASDAQ:WAFD) and Simmons First National (NASDAQ:SFNC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.
In the previous week, Simmons First National had 16 more articles in the media than WaFd. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Simmons First National and 11 mentions for WaFd. WaFd's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Simmons First National's score of 0.57 indicating that WaFd is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Simmons First National received 54 more outperform votes than WaFd when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 49.09% of users gave WaFd an outperform vote while only 47.78% of users gave Simmons First National an outperform vote.
WaFd pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Simmons First National pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. WaFd pays out 39.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Simmons First National pays out 63.2% 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.
WaFd has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Simmons First National. WaFd is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Simmons First National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
WaFd has a net margin of 14.13% compared to Simmons First National's net margin of 10.49%. WaFd's return on equity of 9.58% beat Simmons First National's return on equity.
WaFd has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Simmons First National has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
83.7% of WaFd shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.6% of Simmons First National shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of WaFd shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Simmons First National shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
WaFd currently has a consensus price target of $34.25, indicating a potential downside of 4.38%. Simmons First National has a consensus price target of $21.75, indicating a potential downside of 0.68%. Given Simmons First National's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Simmons First National is more favorable than WaFd.
Summary
WaFd beats Simmons First National on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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