BHLB vs. RDN, TFSL, SMPL, WSFS, WD, WAFD, BANC, PFS, AGM, and NWBI
Should you be buying Berkshire Hills Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Berkshire Hills Bancorp include Radian Group (RDN), TFS Financial (TFSL), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), WSFS Financial (WSFS), 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.
Berkshire Hills Bancorp vs.
Radian Group (NYSE:RDN) and Berkshire Hills Bancorp (NYSE:BHLB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.
Radian Group received 202 more outperform votes than Berkshire Hills Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.98% of users gave Radian Group an outperform vote while only 49.91% of users gave Berkshire Hills Bancorp an outperform vote.
95.3% of Radian Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.1% of Berkshire Hills Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Radian Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Berkshire Hills Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Radian Group has a net margin of 46.85% compared to Berkshire Hills Bancorp's net margin of 8.56%. Radian Group's return on equity of 13.96% beat Berkshire Hills Bancorp's return on equity.
Radian Group pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Berkshire Hills Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Radian Group pays out 26.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Berkshire Hills Bancorp pays out 29.1% 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. Radian Group has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Radian Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Radian Group has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Berkshire Hills Bancorp has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Radian Group had 8 more articles in the media than Berkshire Hills Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Radian Group and 5 mentions for Berkshire Hills Bancorp. Berkshire Hills Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat Radian Group's score of 1.54 indicating that Berkshire Hills Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Radian Group has higher revenue and earnings than Berkshire Hills Bancorp. Radian Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Berkshire Hills Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Radian Group currently has a consensus price target of $36.80, indicating a potential upside of 9.30%. Berkshire Hills Bancorp has a consensus price target of $31.13, indicating a potential upside of 23.97%. Given Berkshire Hills Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Berkshire Hills Bancorp is more favorable than Radian Group.
Summary
Radian Group beats Berkshire Hills Bancorp on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BHLB) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff