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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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