RDN vs. MTG, TFSL, SMPL, WSFS, WD, WAFD, PFS, AGM, BANC, and NWBI
Should you be buying Radian Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Radian Group include MGIC Investment (MTG), TFS Financial (TFSL), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Walker & Dunlop (WD), WaFd (WAFD), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), Banc of California (BANC), and Northwest Bancshares (NWBI). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
Radian Group vs. Its Competitors
MGIC Investment (NYSE:MTG) and Radian Group (NYSE:RDN) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
In the previous week, Radian Group had 13 more articles in the media than MGIC Investment. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Radian Group and 7 mentions for MGIC Investment. MGIC Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Radian Group's score of 0.80 indicating that MGIC Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
95.6% of MGIC Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Radian Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of MGIC Investment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Radian Group shares are held 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.
MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Radian Group pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. MGIC Investment pays out 17.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Radian Group pays out 26.0% 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 increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and Radian Group has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years.
MGIC Investment has a net margin of 63.18% compared to Radian Group's net margin of 46.85%. MGIC Investment's return on equity of 14.86% beat Radian Group's return on equity.
MGIC Investment currently has a consensus price target of $26.63, indicating a potential downside of 0.73%. Radian Group has a consensus price target of $36.83, indicating a potential upside of 7.57%. Given Radian Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Radian Group is more favorable than MGIC Investment.
MGIC Investment has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Radian Group has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
MGIC Investment received 9 more outperform votes than Radian Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.21% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote while only 64.80% of users gave Radian Group an outperform vote.
MGIC Investment has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Radian Group. Radian Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MGIC Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
MGIC Investment beats Radian Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:RDN) was last updated on 6/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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