Mortgage Insurer MGIC Investments Upgraded From Buy To Strong Buy

MGIC Investment Corporation (MTG) is a holding company which, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation, is the leading provider of private mortgage insurance coverage in the United States to the home mortgage lending industry. Private mortgage insurance covers residential first mortgage loans and expands home ownership opportunities by enabling people to purchase homes with less than 20% down payments. If the home owner defaults, private mortgage insurance reduces and, in some instances, eliminates the loss to the insured institution.

ValuEngine updated its recommendation from BUY to STRONG BUY for MGIC Investment Corp on 2015-03-23. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that MGIC Investment Corp has the probability to OUTPERFORM average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits ATTRACTIVE P/E Ratio and Company Size.

Below is today’s data on MTG:

Valuation & Rankings

Valuation

8.23% undervalued

Valuation Rank

74

1-M Forecast Return

1.12%

1-M Forecast Return Rank

99

12-M Return

18.68%

Momentum Rank

78

Sharpe Ratio

0.05

Sharpe Ratio Rank

50

5-Y Avg Annual Return

3.51%

5-Y Avg Annual Rtn Rank

55

Volatility

74.87%

Volatility Rank

23

Expected EPS Growth

36.32%

EPS Growth Rank

71

Market Cap (billions)

3.36

Size Rank

79

Trailing P/E Ratio

14.02

Trailing P/E Rank

81

Forward P/E Ratio

10.29

Forward P/E Ratio Rank

87

PEG Ratio

0.39

PEG Ratio Rank

70

Price/Sales

3.56

Price/Sales Rank

28

Market/Book

3.24

Market/Book Rank

38

Beta

3.50

Beta Rank

2

Alpha

-0.41

Alpha Rank

22

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