SEI Investments (SEIC) Competitors

Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) and SEI Investments (NASDAQ:SEIC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Which has more volatility & risk, SF or SEIC?

Stifel Financial has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEI Investments has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SF or SEIC more profitable?

SEI Investments has a net margin of 24.80% compared to SEI Investments' net margin of 11.34%. Stifel Financial's return on equity of 22.91% beat SEI Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Stifel Financial	11.34%	12.40%	1.51%
SEI Investments	24.80%	22.91%	19.84%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SF or SEIC?

SEI Investments received 109 more outperform votes than Stifel Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.40% of users gave SEI Investments an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave Stifel Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Stifel Financial	Outperform Votes 270 55.56%	Underperform Votes 216 44.44%
SEI Investments	Outperform Votes 379 59.40%	Underperform Votes 259 40.60%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, SF or SEIC?

Stifel Financial has higher revenue and earnings than SEI Investments. SEI Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stifel Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Stifel Financial	$4.35B	1.96	$522.54M	$4.40	18.83
SEI Investments	$1.96B	4.54	$462.26M	$3.66	18.52

Does the media refer more to SF or SEIC?

In the previous week, Stifel Financial had 4 more articles in the media than SEI Investments. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Stifel Financial and 8 mentions for SEI Investments. Stifel Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat SEI Investments' score of 0.58 indicating that SEI Investments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Stifel Financial	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SEI Investments	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend SF or SEIC?

Stifel Financial presently has a consensus target price of $84.50, indicating a potential upside of 2.00%. SEI Investments has a consensus target price of $71.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.74%. Given Stifel Financial's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SEI Investments is more favorable than Stifel Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Stifel Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
SEI Investments	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is SF or SEIC a better dividend stock?

Stifel Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. SEI Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Stifel Financial pays out 38.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SEI Investments pays out 25.1% 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. Stifel Financial has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years and SEI Investments has increased its dividend for 33 consecutive years.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SF or SEIC?

82.0% of Stifel Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of SEI Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of Stifel Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.3% of SEI Investments shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

SEI Investments beats Stifel Financial on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.