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MGIC Investment (MTG) Competitors

$15.85
-0.04 (-0.25%)
(As of 06/9/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$15.82
$15.91
50-Day Range
$13.19
$15.99
52-Week Range
$11.38
$16.07
Volume
1.16 million shs
Average Volume
2.75 million shs
Market Capitalization
$4.54 billion
P/E Ratio
5.70
Dividend Yield
2.52%
Price Target
$16.20

MTG vs. RDN, ESNT, AGO, NMIH, ORI, BPOP, HOMB, SNV, KRG, and AXS

Should you be buying MGIC Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MGIC Investment include Radian Group (RDN), Essent Group (ESNT), Assured Guaranty (AGO), NMI (NMIH), Old Republic International (ORI), Popular (BPOP), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), Synovus Financial (SNV), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), and AXIS Capital (AXS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

MGIC Investment vs.

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

Radian Group pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Radian Group pays out 20.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MGIC Investment pays out 14.4% 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 raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and MGIC Investment has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Radian Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

94.4% of Radian Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of MGIC Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Radian Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of MGIC Investment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, MGIC Investment had 1 more articles in the media than Radian Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for MGIC Investment and 7 mentions for Radian Group. Radian Group's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat MGIC Investment's score of 0.44 indicating that Radian Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Radian Group
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
MGIC Investment
2 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

MGIC Investment received 12 more outperform votes than Radian Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.09% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote while only 65.82% of users gave Radian Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Radian GroupOutperform Votes
468
65.82%
Underperform Votes
243
34.18%
MGIC InvestmentOutperform Votes
480
68.09%
Underperform Votes
225
31.91%

Radian Group currently has a consensus target price of $24.64, indicating a potential downside of 6.27%. MGIC Investment has a consensus target price of $16.20, indicating a potential upside of 1.82%. Given MGIC Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MGIC Investment is more favorable than Radian Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Radian Group
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29
MGIC Investment
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

Radian Group has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MGIC Investment has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Radian Group$1.19 billion3.46$742.93 million$4.346.08
MGIC Investment$1.17 billion3.88$865.35 million$2.785.72

MGIC Investment has a net margin of 72.70% compared to Radian Group's net margin of 59.55%. Radian Group's return on equity of 19.90% beat MGIC Investment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Radian Group 59.55% 19.90% 10.95%
MGIC Investment 72.70% 18.77% 13.74%

Summary

MGIC Investment beats Radian Group on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MTG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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MTG vs. The Competition

MetricMGIC InvestmentSurety insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.55B$2.76B$6.23B$15.05B
Dividend Yield2.50%2.78%9.98%3.87%
P/E Ratio5.725.80144.4919.57
Price / Sales3.883.116,174.209.22
Price / Cash4.956.4432.9623.99
Price / Book1.020.891.867.33
Net Income$865.35M$428.39M$655.50M$903.19M
7 Day Performance2.12%1.02%33.09%1.79%
1 Month Performance7.15%1.42%19.01%4.00%
1 Year Performance15.06%5.83%11.35%-4.78%

MGIC Investment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RDN
Radian Group
1.9532 of 5 stars
$26.26
+2.1%
$24.64
-6.1%
+25.0%$4.10B$1.19B6.051,400Insider Selling
News Coverage
ESNT
Essent Group
2.091 of 5 stars
$46.32
+2.9%
$45.80
-1.1%
+9.5%$4.97B$1.00B6.83343
AGO
Assured Guaranty
3.122 of 5 stars
$53.74
+2.7%
$84.00
+56.3%
-9.2%$3.19B$634M23.37407
NMIH
NMI
1.8972 of 5 stars
$26.27
+3.6%
$25.38
-3.4%
+38.4%$2.19B$523.34M7.51247Positive News
ORI
Old Republic International
2.7051 of 5 stars
$24.98
+1.9%
$28.00
+12.1%
+9.3%$7.18B$7.64B12.689,500Analyst Upgrade
BPOP
Popular
2.7641 of 5 stars
$63.16
+3.1%
$70.00
+10.8%
-22.5%$4.55B$3.36B4.438,900
HOMB
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)
2.4412 of 5 stars
$23.39
+3.8%
$26.00
+11.2%
+9.2%$4.57B$1.01B13.842,774Positive News
SNV
Synovus Financial
3.0723 of 5 stars
$30.95
+6.9%
$39.88
+28.8%
-22.1%$4.52B$2.49B6.005,114News Coverage
KRG
Kite Realty Group Trust
2.1326 of 5 stars
$20.58
+2.3%
$24.78
+20.4%
+7.9%$4.51B$802M686.23241Positive News
AXS
AXIS Capital
2.553 of 5 stars
$54.09
+2.1%
$64.00
+18.3%
-4.3%$4.61B$4.89B20.722,064

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This page (NYSE:MTG) was last updated on 6/10/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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