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MGIC Investment (MTG) Competitors

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$27.41 -1.11 (-3.89%)
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MTG vs. NMIH, AIZ, CNO, ESNT, FNB, MET, PRU, RDN, TFSL, and SMPL

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), F.N.B. (FNB), MetLife (MET), Prudential Financial (PRU), Radian Group (RDN), TFS Financial (TFSL), and Simply Good Foods (SMPL).

MGIC Investment vs. Its Competitors

NMI (NASDAQ:NMIH) and MGIC Investment (NYSE:MTG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, MGIC Investment had 5 more articles in the media than NMI. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for MGIC Investment and 5 mentions for NMI. MGIC Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat NMI's score of 0.47 indicating that MGIC Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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$650.97M4.94$360.11M$4.638.89
MGIC Investment$1.21B5.39$762.99M$3.019.11

NMI currently has a consensus price target of $42.43, indicating a potential upside of 3.06%. MGIC Investment has a consensus price target of $26.75, indicating a potential downside of 2.41%. Given NMI's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly 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)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
MGIC Investment
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13

MGIC Investment has a net margin of 63.49% compared to NMI's net margin of 55.93%. NMI's return on equity of 17.27% beat MGIC Investment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NMI55.93% 17.27% 11.46%
MGIC Investment 63.49%14.96%11.80%

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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of MGIC Investment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

Summary

MGIC Investment beats NMI on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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 InvestmentINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.51B$20.72B$11.87B$20.42B
Dividend Yield1.82%2.93%5.53%3.72%
P/E Ratio9.1113.6319.9527.79
Price / Sales5.392.1025.7338.15
Price / Cash9.1817.8518.7218.22
Price / Book1.344.042.254.58
Net Income$762.99M$1.60B$990.08M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-1.51%-1.55%1.30%1.63%
1 Month Performance4.16%2.51%3.32%4.23%
1 Year Performance27.85%20.42%541.98%14.20%

MGIC Investment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MTG
MGIC Investment
3.9699 of 5 stars
$27.41
-3.9%
$26.75
-2.4%
+33.0%$6.51B$1.21B9.11680Positive News
Analyst Forecast
NMIH
NMI
1.8558 of 5 stars
$42.19
flat
$42.29
+0.2%
+26.9%$3.30B$667.96M9.11234Analyst Downgrade
AIZ
Assurant
4.9428 of 5 stars
$197.68
+0.4%
$228.67
+15.7%
+20.0%$10.06B$11.88B15.4114,200Analyst Downgrade
CNO
CNO Financial Group
4.1797 of 5 stars
$38.57
+0.3%
$41.00
+6.3%
+38.1%$3.82B$4.45B13.493,500
ESNT
Essent Group
4.4232 of 5 stars
$60.72
+0.1%
$63.29
+4.2%
+11.7%$6.16B$1.29B8.89350Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
FNB
F.N.B.
4.2688 of 5 stars
$14.59
+0.3%
$17.57
+20.4%
+16.2%$5.25B$1.60B11.584,280Analyst Downgrade
MET
MetLife
4.9197 of 5 stars
$80.39
+0.0%
$94.17
+17.1%
+14.4%$53.97B$70.99B13.0745,000
PRU
Prudential Financial
4.9645 of 5 stars
$107.43
+0.3%
$120.15
+11.8%
-6.2%$38.03B$68.05B17.0339,900Analyst Downgrade
RDN
Radian Group
2.1326 of 5 stars
$36.05
+0.3%
$36.83
+2.2%
+18.4%$4.84B$1.29B9.171,400Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TFSL
TFS Financial
2.7139 of 5 stars
$12.95
+0.2%
$15.00
+15.8%
+8.4%$3.64B$758.78M46.251,000
SMPL
Simply Good Foods
4.3019 of 5 stars
$31.59
-1.0%
$40.43
+28.0%
-11.5%$3.19B$1.33B21.94260Upcoming Earnings

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