HFF (HF) Competitors

WSFS Financial (NASDAQ:WSFS) and HFF (NYSE:HF) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in WSFS or HF?

88.5% of WSFS Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of HFF shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of WSFS Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of HFF shares are owned by company 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.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, WSFS or HF?

WSFS Financial has higher revenue and earnings than HFF. HFF is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WSFS Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
WSFS Financial	$1.40B	2.35	$263.67M	$4.45	13.07
HFF	$662.04M	1.24	$115.99M	$2.88	7.16

Does the media refer more to WSFS or HF?

In the previous week, WSFS Financial had 10 more articles in the media than HFF. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for WSFS Financial and 0 mentions for HFF. WSFS Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat HFF's score of 0.00 indicating that WSFS Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
WSFS Financial	Positive
HFF	Neutral

Is WSFS or HF more profitable?

WSFS Financial has a net margin of 18.86% compared to HFF's net margin of 18.38%. HFF's return on equity of 41.56% beat WSFS Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
WSFS Financial	18.86%	10.06%	1.26%
HFF	18.38%	41.56%	12.58%

Do analysts recommend WSFS or HF?

WSFS Financial currently has a consensus price target of $62.75, suggesting a potential upside of 7.87%. Given WSFS Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe WSFS Financial is more favorable than HFF.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
WSFS Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
HFF	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more volatility and risk, WSFS or HF?

WSFS Financial has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HFF has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

WSFS Financial beats HFF on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.