PFSI vs. KRG, FFIN, AGO, EPRT, GBCI, AEL, WTM, BNRE, ESGR, and LAZ
Should you be buying PennyMac Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PennyMac Financial Services include Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), Assured Guaranty (AGO), Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), Brookfield Reinsurance (BNRE), Enstar Group (ESGR), and Lazard (LAZ). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
PennyMac Financial Services (NYSE:PFSI) and Kite Realty Group Trust (NYSE:KRG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
PennyMac Financial Services has higher revenue and earnings than Kite Realty Group Trust. PennyMac Financial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kite Realty Group Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PennyMac Financial Services pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Kite Realty Group Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. PennyMac Financial Services pays out 29.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kite Realty Group Trust pays out 454.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
PennyMac Financial Services currently has a consensus price target of $98.13, suggesting a potential upside of 13.62%. Kite Realty Group Trust has a consensus price target of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.42%. Given Kite Realty Group Trust's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kite Realty Group Trust is more favorable than PennyMac Financial Services.
In the previous week, PennyMac Financial Services had 8 more articles in the media than Kite Realty Group Trust. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for PennyMac Financial Services and 3 mentions for Kite Realty Group Trust. Kite Realty Group Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat PennyMac Financial Services' score of 0.50 indicating that Kite Realty Group Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PennyMac Financial Services has a net margin of 10.32% compared to Kite Realty Group Trust's net margin of 5.77%. PennyMac Financial Services' return on equity of 7.69% beat Kite Realty Group Trust's return on equity.
57.9% of PennyMac Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Kite Realty Group Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.4% of PennyMac Financial Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Kite Realty Group Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
PennyMac Financial Services has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kite Realty Group Trust has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PennyMac Financial Services received 43 more outperform votes than Kite Realty Group Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.23% of users gave PennyMac Financial Services an outperform vote while only 55.68% of users gave Kite Realty Group Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
PennyMac Financial Services beats Kite Realty Group Trust on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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