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$28.32 +0.08 (+0.27%)
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MTG vs. NMIH, AIZ, CNO, ESNT, MET, PFG, PRU, RDN, TFSL, and WSFS

Should you be buying MGIC Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MGIC Investment include NMI (NMIH), Assurant (AIZ), CNO Financial Group (CNO), Essent Group (ESNT), MetLife (MET), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Prudential Financial (PRU), Radian Group (RDN), TFS Financial (TFSL), and WSFS Financial (WSFS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

MGIC Investment vs. Its Competitors

NMI (NASDAQ:NMIH) and MGIC Investment (NYSE:MTG) are both mid-cap 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.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NMI$650.97M4.72$360.11M$4.718.41
MGIC Investment$1.21B5.41$762.99M$3.059.29

NMI has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MGIC Investment has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, NMI and NMI both had 12 articles in the media. NMI's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat MGIC Investment's score of 1.30 indicating that NMI is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NMI
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
MGIC Investment
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

94.1% of NMI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of MGIC Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of NMI shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of MGIC Investment 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.

NMI currently has a consensus price target of $42.33, suggesting a potential upside of 6.82%. MGIC Investment has a consensus price target of $26.67, suggesting a potential downside of 5.85%. Given NMI's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe NMI is more favorable than MGIC Investment.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NMI
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
MGIC Investment
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.83

MGIC Investment has a net margin of 62.58% compared to NMI's net margin of 55.57%. NMI's return on equity of 16.51% beat MGIC Investment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NMI55.57% 16.51% 11.02%
MGIC Investment 62.58%14.73%11.62%

Summary

MGIC Investment beats NMI on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MTG vs. The Competition

MetricMGIC InvestmentINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.51B$21.33B$12.57B$21.34B
Dividend Yield2.12%2.65%5.42%3.51%
P/E Ratio9.2913.89232.2029.41
Price / Sales5.412.0830.7849.78
Price / Cash9.1017.6122.1224.46
Price / Book1.393.682.294.54
Net Income$762.99M$1.62B$1.01B$999.91M
7 Day Performance-0.39%0.10%0.71%0.16%
1 Month Performance3.56%0.93%4.01%5.45%
1 Year Performance16.21%19.46%543.55%15.82%

MGIC Investment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MTG
MGIC Investment
3.4829 of 5 stars
$28.33
+0.3%
$26.67
-5.9%
+13.0%$6.51B$1.21B9.29680Positive News
NMIH
NMI
3.4335 of 5 stars
$39.35
+0.1%
$42.33
+7.6%
-1.2%$3.05B$650.97M8.34234
AIZ
Assurant
4.919 of 5 stars
$215.78
-1.3%
$233.29
+8.1%
+9.2%$10.88B$11.88B12.8814,200Positive News
CNO
CNO Financial Group
4.7479 of 5 stars
$39.49
+0.2%
$43.40
+9.9%
+20.8%$3.83B$4.45B9.673,500Positive News
ESNT
Essent Group
4.3774 of 5 stars
$62.73
-0.3%
$63.67
+1.5%
+0.4%$6.18B$1.24B9.16350Positive News
MET
MetLife
4.9882 of 5 stars
$81.41
+0.8%
$95.60
+17.4%
+6.2%$54.11B$70.99B10.1845,000Trending News
PFG
Principal Financial Group
4.1715 of 5 stars
$80.51
+0.4%
$86.90
+7.9%
+1.0%$17.94B$15.13B12.0519,300News Coverage
Positive News
PRU
Prudential Financial
4.8674 of 5 stars
$109.78
+1.0%
$122.08
+11.2%
-7.8%$38.60B$68.05B8.2438,196Positive News
RDN
Radian Group
3.0223 of 5 stars
$34.85
+0.5%
$37.00
+6.2%
+0.2%$4.72B$1.29B8.471,400Positive News
TFSL
TFS Financial
3.5896 of 5 stars
$14.06
-1.2%
$15.00
+6.7%
+3.7%$3.95B$758.78M48.481,000Gap Down
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.2836 of 5 stars
$58.29
-0.1%
$66.00
+13.2%
+9.8%$3.26B$1.40B12.702,309Positive News

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