PFS vs. MTG, RDN, SMPL, TFSL, WSFS, WD, WAFD, BANC, AGM, and NWBI
Should you be buying Provident Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Provident Financial Services include MGIC Investment (MTG), Radian Group (RDN), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), TFS Financial (TFSL), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Walker & Dunlop (WD), WaFd (WAFD), Banc of California (BANC), Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), and Northwest Bancshares (NWBI). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
Provident Financial Services vs.
Provident Financial Services (NYSE:PFS) and MGIC Investment (NYSE:MTG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and community ranking.
72.0% of Provident Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of MGIC Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Provident Financial Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of MGIC Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Provident Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Provident Financial Services pays out 92.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. MGIC Investment pays out 18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Provident Financial Services and Provident Financial Services both had 3 articles in the media. Provident Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat MGIC Investment's score of 0.91 indicating that Provident Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Provident Financial Services has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MGIC Investment has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MGIC Investment received 190 more outperform votes than Provident Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Provident Financial Services an outperform vote.
MGIC Investment has a net margin of 64.09% compared to Provident Financial Services' net margin of 9.55%. MGIC Investment's return on equity of 14.99% beat Provident Financial Services' return on equity.
MGIC Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Provident Financial Services. MGIC Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Provident Financial Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Provident Financial Services presently has a consensus target price of $23.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.12%. MGIC Investment has a consensus target price of $25.86, indicating a potential upside of 5.22%. Given Provident Financial Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Provident Financial Services is more favorable than MGIC Investment.
Summary
MGIC Investment beats Provident Financial Services on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PFS) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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