WSFS vs. MTG, RDN, TFSL, SMPL, WD, WAFD, PFS, AGM, BANC, 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), TFS Financial (TFSL), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), Walker & Dunlop (WD), WaFd (WAFD), 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.
WSFS Financial vs. Its Competitors
MGIC Investment (NYSE:MTG) and WSFS Financial (NASDAQ:WSFS) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.
In the previous week, MGIC Investment and MGIC Investment both had 6 articles in the media. WSFS Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat MGIC Investment's score of 1.17 indicating that WSFS Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
MGIC Investment received 279 more outperform votes than WSFS Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.21% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote while only 50.37% of users gave WSFS Financial an outperform vote.
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.
MGIC Investment presently has a consensus target price of $26.63, indicating a potential downside of 0.11%. WSFS Financial has a consensus target price of $62.75, indicating a potential upside of 16.93%. Given WSFS Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe WSFS Financial is more favorable than MGIC Investment.
95.6% of MGIC Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of WSFS Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of MGIC Investment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of WSFS Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
MGIC Investment has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WSFS Financial has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. WSFS Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. MGIC Investment pays out 17.3% 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 increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and WSFS Financial has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. MGIC Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
MGIC Investment beats WSFS Financial on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (NASDAQ:WSFS) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
