TD Ameritrade (AMTD) Competitors

TD Ameritrade (NASDAQ:AMTD) and Oppenheimer (NYSE:OPY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.

Is AMTD or OPY more profitable?

Oppenheimer has a net margin of 3.25% compared to TD Ameritrade's net margin of 0.00%. Oppenheimer's return on equity of 5.90% beat TD Ameritrade's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TD Ameritrade	N/A	N/A	N/A
Oppenheimer	3.25%	5.90%	1.53%

Does the media favor AMTD or OPY?

In the previous week, TD Ameritrade had 1 more articles in the media than Oppenheimer. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for TD Ameritrade and 1 mentions for Oppenheimer. TD Ameritrade's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Oppenheimer's score of -0.50 indicating that TD Ameritrade is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
TD Ameritrade	Neutral
Oppenheimer	Negative

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, AMTD or OPY?

TD Ameritrade has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Oppenheimer.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TD Ameritrade	$222.65M	0.60	$142.99M	N/A	N/A
Oppenheimer	$1.25B	0.38	$30.18M	$3.71	12.30

Which has more risk and volatility, AMTD or OPY?

TD Ameritrade has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oppenheimer has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AMTD or OPY?

0.4% of TD Ameritrade shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.3% of Oppenheimer shares are held by institutional investors. 34.4% of Oppenheimer shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate AMTD or OPY?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TD Ameritrade	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Oppenheimer	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AMTD or OPY?

TD Ameritrade received 418 more outperform votes than Oppenheimer when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.73% of users gave TD Ameritrade an outperform vote while only 61.04% of users gave Oppenheimer an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TD Ameritrade	Outperform Votes 722 62.73%	Underperform Votes 429 37.27%
Oppenheimer	Outperform Votes 304 61.04%	Underperform Votes 194 38.96%

Summary

Oppenheimer beats TD Ameritrade on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.