RDN vs. MTG, SMPL, TFSL, WD, NYCB, WSFS, WAFD, BANC, AGM, and NWBI
Should you be buying Radian Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Radian Group include MGIC Investment (MTG), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), TFS Financial (TFSL), Walker & Dunlop (WD), New York Community Bancorp (NYCB), WSFS Financial (WSFS), 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.
Radian Group (NYSE:RDN) and MGIC Investment (NYSE:MTG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.
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.
Radian Group currently has a consensus price target of $30.88, indicating a potential downside of 1.17%. MGIC Investment has a consensus price target of $21.67, indicating a potential upside of 3.17%. Given MGIC Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MGIC Investment is more favorable than Radian Group.
Radian Group pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Radian Group pays out 25.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MGIC Investment pays out 17.7% 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 Radian Group's net margin of 47.74%. MGIC Investment's return on equity of 15.00% beat Radian Group's return on equity.
MGIC Investment received 12 more outperform votes than Radian Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.18% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote while only 65.14% of users gave Radian Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Radian Group had 3 more articles in the media than MGIC Investment. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Radian Group and 5 mentions for MGIC Investment. MGIC Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Radian Group's score of 1.12 indicating that MGIC Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Radian Group has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MGIC Investment has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
95.3% of Radian Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of MGIC Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Radian Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of MGIC Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
MGIC Investment beats Radian Group on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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