MTG vs. RDN, ESNT, AGO, ORI, NMIH, AMG, HR, CIGI, AXS, and SNV
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), Old Republic International (ORI), NMI (NMIH), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Colliers International Group (CIGI), AXIS Capital (AXS), and Synovus Financial (SNV). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
MGIC Investment (NYSE:MTG) and Radian Group (NYSE:RDN) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk and community ranking.
MGIC Investment has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Radian Group has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Radian Group pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. MGIC Investment pays out 18.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Radian Group pays out 25.9% 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.
MGIC Investment currently has a consensus price target of $21.08, indicating a potential upside of 5.55%. Radian Group has a consensus price target of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.23%. Given MGIC Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MGIC Investment is more favorable than Radian Group.
MGIC Investment has a net margin of 61.72% compared to Radian Group's net margin of 48.51%. MGIC Investment's return on equity of 14.82% beat Radian Group's return on equity.
95.6% of MGIC Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Radian Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of MGIC Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Radian Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
MGIC Investment received 12 more outperform votes than Radian Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.27% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote while only 65.23% of users gave Radian Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, MGIC Investment and MGIC Investment both had 5 articles in the media. Radian Group's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat MGIC Investment's score of 1.46 indicating that Radian Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MGIC Investment has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Summary
MGIC Investment beats Radian Group on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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