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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
MGIC Investment beats Radian Group on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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