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WSFS vs. MTG, RDN, SMPL, TFSL, WD, WAFD, BANC, PFS, AGM, and NWBI

Should you be buying WSFS Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WSFS Financial include MGIC Investment (MTG), Radian Group (RDN), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), TFS Financial (TFSL), Walker & Dunlop (WD), WaFd (WAFD), Banc of California (BANC), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), and Northwest Bancshares (NWBI). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.

WSFS Financial vs.

MGIC Investment (NYSE:MTG) and WSFS Financial (NASDAQ:WSFS) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

MGIC Investment has higher revenue and earnings than WSFS Financial. MGIC Investment 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
MGIC Investment$1.21B5.07$762.99M$2.908.71
WSFS Financial$1.05B2.88$263.67M$4.4511.70

MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. WSFS Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. MGIC Investment pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WSFS Financial pays out 15.3% 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 a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WSFS Financial has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

95.6% of MGIC Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of WSFS Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of MGIC Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of WSFS Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, WSFS Financial had 5 more articles in the media than MGIC Investment. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for WSFS Financial and 19 mentions for MGIC Investment. MGIC Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat WSFS Financial's score of 0.71 indicating that MGIC Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
MGIC Investment
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
WSFS Financial
5 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

MGIC Investment has a net margin of 63.18% compared to WSFS Financial's net margin of 18.77%. MGIC Investment's return on equity of 14.86% beat WSFS Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MGIC Investment63.18% 14.86% 11.69%
WSFS Financial 18.77%10.30%1.26%

MGIC Investment presently has a consensus price target of $26.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.93%. WSFS Financial has a consensus price target of $62.75, suggesting a potential upside of 20.52%. Given WSFS Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe WSFS Financial 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)
2.13
WSFS Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

MGIC Investment received 279 more outperform votes than WSFS Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.30% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote while only 50.49% of users gave WSFS Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MGIC InvestmentOutperform Votes
484
66.30%
Underperform Votes
246
33.70%
WSFS FinancialOutperform Votes
205
50.49%
Underperform Votes
201
49.51%

Summary

MGIC Investment beats WSFS Financial on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WSFS vs. The Competition

MetricWSFS FinancialNational commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.01B$21.81B$11.12B$7.82B
Dividend Yield1.15%3.64%5.79%4.22%
P/E Ratio11.7512.3322.0018.48
Price / Sales2.882.7926.08103.60
Price / Cash11.3711.1617.6034.62
Price / Book1.191.152.654.25
Net Income$263.67M$2.17B$1.03B$248.23M
7 Day Performance-0.16%0.69%0.57%0.89%
1 Month Performance-0.12%0.62%-0.43%3.53%
1 Year Performance18.93%18.66%537.91%5.09%

WSFS Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.2848 of 5 stars
$52.07
-0.3%
$62.75
+20.5%
+20.6%$3.01B$1.05B11.752,160Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
MTG
MGIC Investment
2.8656 of 5 stars
$23.41
-2.6%
$26.50
+13.2%
+22.8%$5.68B$1.21B8.07680Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Buyback Announcement
News Coverage
RDN
Radian Group
3.0163 of 5 stars
$31.00
-1.9%
$36.20
+16.8%
+6.8%$4.38B$1.29B7.891,400Earnings Report
Positive News
SMPL
Simply Good Foods
3.3834 of 5 stars
$36.19
-3.0%
$40.22
+11.1%
-0.9%$3.66B$1.41B25.67260Positive News
TFSL
TFS Financial
2.7167 of 5 stars
$12.31
+0.7%
$14.50
+17.8%
+7.9%$3.46B$302.58M43.961,000Earnings Report
News Coverage
WD
Walker & Dunlop
3.9907 of 5 stars
$71.88
-2.5%
$102.50
+42.6%
-17.0%$2.44B$1.13B22.531,450Earnings Report
WAFD
WaFd
4.0241 of 5 stars
$27.94
-0.3%
$30.50
+9.2%
+5.3%$2.28B$734.08M12.882,130Short Interest ↑
Positive News
BANC
Banc of California
4.8811 of 5 stars
$12.89
-2.4%
$17.73
+37.5%
-1.5%$2.05B$985.89M23.02680Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
PFS
Provident Financial Services
4.1885 of 5 stars
$15.51
+0.1%
$24.00
+54.7%
+11.7%$2.02B$694.73M14.771,150Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Positive News
Gap Down
AGM
Federal Agricultural Mortgage
4.67 of 5 stars
$172.00
-1.4%
$230.00
+33.7%
-6.1%$1.87B$375.18M10.46160Positive News
NWBI
Northwest Bancshares
3.8093 of 5 stars
$11.25
-1.0%
$12.50
+11.1%
+16.5%$1.43B$520.47M14.242,160Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage

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