RDN vs. MTG, AGO, ESNT, NMIH, ORI, UBSI, PFSI, KRG, THG, and LAZ
Should you be buying Radian Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Radian Group include MGIC Investment (MTG), Assured Guaranty (AGO), Essent Group (ESNT), NMI (NMIH), Old Republic International (ORI), United Bankshares (UBSI), PennyMac Financial Services (PFSI), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), and Lazard (LAZ). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
MGIC Investment (NYSE:MTG) and Radian Group (NYSE:RDN) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.
MGIC Investment has a net margin of 61.72% compared to MGIC Investment's net margin of 48.51%. Radian Group's return on equity of 14.82% beat MGIC Investment's return on equity.
MGIC Investment received 12 more outperform votes than Radian Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.27% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote while only 65.23% of users gave Radian Group an outperform vote.
MGIC Investment has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Radian Group has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Radian Group pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. MGIC Investment pays out 18.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Radian Group pays out 25.9% 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 3 consecutive years and Radian Group has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Radian Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
MGIC Investment currently has a consensus target price of $21.08, suggesting a potential upside of 1.80%. Radian Group has a consensus target price of $30.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.90%. Given Radian Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe MGIC Investment is more favorable than Radian Group.
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.
95.6% of MGIC Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Radian Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of MGIC Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Radian Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, MGIC Investment had 1 more articles in the media than Radian Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for MGIC Investment and 5 mentions for Radian Group. MGIC Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Radian Group's score of 0.78 indicating that Radian Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
MGIC Investment beats Radian Group on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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