MTG vs. RDN, TFSL, WD, WSFS, SMPL, NYCB, WAFD, PFS, AGM, and BANC
Should you be buying MGIC Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MGIC Investment include Radian Group (RDN), TFS Financial (TFSL), Walker & Dunlop (WD), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), New York Community Bancorp (NYCB), WaFd (WAFD), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), and Banc of California (BANC). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
Radian Group (NYSE:RDN) and MGIC Investment (NYSE:MTG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings and institutional ownership.
MGIC Investment has a net margin of 62.85% compared to MGIC Investment's net margin of 47.74%. Radian Group's return on equity of 15.00% beat MGIC Investment's return on equity.
Radian Group pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Radian Group pays out 25.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MGIC Investment pays out 17.7% 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.
In the previous week, MGIC Investment had 5 more articles in the media than Radian Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for MGIC Investment and 7 mentions for Radian Group. MGIC Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Radian Group's score of 0.64 indicating that Radian Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Radian Group has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MGIC Investment has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
95.3% of Radian Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of MGIC Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% 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 is poised for long-term growth.
Radian Group currently has a consensus price target of $31.13, suggesting a potential downside of 15.90%. MGIC Investment has a consensus price target of $22.17, suggesting a potential downside of 10.91%. Given Radian Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MGIC Investment is more favorable than Radian Group.
MGIC Investment received 12 more outperform votes than Radian Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.13% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote while only 65.19% of users gave Radian Group an outperform vote.
Summary
MGIC Investment beats Radian Group on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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