PFS vs. MTG, RDN, TFSL, WD, WSFS, SMPL, NYCB, WAFD, AGM, and BANC
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), TFS Financial (TFSL), Walker & Dunlop (WD), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), New York Community Bancorp (NYCB), WaFd (WAFD), Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), and Banc of California (BANC). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
MGIC Investment (NYSE:MTG) and Provident Financial Services (NYSE:PFS) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
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.
In the previous week, MGIC Investment had 2 more articles in the media than Provident Financial Services. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for MGIC Investment and 10 mentions for Provident Financial Services. Provident Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat MGIC Investment's score of 0.11 indicating that MGIC Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Provident Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. MGIC Investment pays out 17.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Provident Financial Services pays out 60.0% 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 has a net margin of 62.85% compared to MGIC Investment's net margin of 16.78%. Provident Financial Services' return on equity of 15.00% beat MGIC Investment's return on equity.
MGIC Investment currently has a consensus price target of $22.17, indicating a potential downside of 10.91%. Provident Financial Services has a consensus price target of $18.75, indicating a potential downside of 1.47%. Given MGIC Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Provident Financial Services is more favorable than MGIC Investment.
MGIC Investment received 192 more outperform votes than Provident Financial Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.13% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote while only 60.17% of users gave Provident Financial Services an outperform vote.
95.6% of MGIC Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.0% of Provident Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of MGIC Investment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Provident Financial Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
MGIC Investment has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Provident Financial Services has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
MGIC Investment beats Provident Financial Services on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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