MGIC Investment (MTG) Competitors

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

Is RDN or MTG a better dividend stock?

Radian Group pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Radian Group pays out 26.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MGIC Investment pays out 17.3% 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. Radian Group has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and MGIC Investment has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years.

Which has more volatility & risk, RDN or MTG?

Radian Group has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MGIC Investment has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, RDN or MTG?

MGIC Investment has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Radian Group. Radian Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MGIC Investment, 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
Radian Group	$1.29B	3.54	$604.44M	$3.93	8.64
MGIC Investment	$1.22B	5.16	$762.99M	$3.01	8.81

Does the media favor RDN or MTG?

In the previous week, Radian Group had 17 more articles in the media than MGIC Investment. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Radian Group and 7 mentions for MGIC Investment. MGIC Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Radian Group's score of 0.65 indicating that MGIC Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Radian Group	14 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MGIC Investment	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RDN or MTG?

MGIC Investment received 9 more outperform votes than Radian Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.21% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote while only 64.80% of users gave Radian Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Radian Group	Outperform Votes 475 64.80%	Underperform Votes 258 35.20%
MGIC Investment	Outperform Votes 484 66.21%	Underperform Votes 247 33.79%

Is RDN or MTG more profitable?

MGIC Investment has a net margin of 63.18% compared to Radian Group's net margin of 46.85%. MGIC Investment's return on equity of 14.86% beat Radian Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Radian Group	46.85%	13.96%	7.72%
MGIC Investment	63.18%	14.86%	11.69%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of RDN or MTG?

95.3% of Radian Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of MGIC Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Radian Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% 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 is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate RDN or MTG?

Radian Group presently has a consensus price target of $36.83, suggesting a potential upside of 8.42%. MGIC Investment has a consensus price target of $26.63, suggesting a potential upside of 0.41%. Given Radian Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Radian Group is more favorable than MGIC Investment.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Radian Group	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
MGIC Investment	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13

Summary

MGIC Investment beats Radian Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.