EVR vs. RJF, LPLA, SF, LAZ, BGC, PIPR, OPY, FBRC, MS, and GS
Should you be buying Evercore stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Evercore include Raymond James (RJF), LPL Financial (LPLA), Stifel Financial (SF), Lazard (LAZ), BGC Group (BGC), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), Oppenheimer (OPY), FBR & Co. (FBRC), Morgan Stanley (MS), and The Goldman Sachs Group (GS). These companies are all part of the "investment banking & brokerage" industry.
Evercore (NYSE:EVR) and Raymond James (NYSE:RJF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.
Raymond James received 130 more outperform votes than Evercore when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.83% of users gave Evercore an outperform vote while only 58.88% of users gave Raymond James an outperform vote.
Evercore pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Raymond James pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Evercore pays out 50.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Raymond James pays out 21.8% 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.
Raymond James has a net margin of 12.72% compared to Evercore's net margin of 10.53%. Raymond James' return on equity of 17.94% beat Evercore's return on equity.
Raymond James has higher revenue and earnings than Evercore. Raymond James is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Evercore, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Evercore has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Raymond James has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Evercore presently has a consensus price target of $180.67, indicating a potential downside of 10.56%. Raymond James has a consensus price target of $126.22, indicating a potential upside of 2.18%. Given Raymond James' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Raymond James is more favorable than Evercore.
86.2% of Evercore shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Raymond James shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of Evercore shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Raymond James shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Raymond James had 9 more articles in the media than Evercore. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Raymond James and 4 mentions for Evercore. Raymond James' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Evercore's score of 0.50 indicating that Raymond James is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Raymond James beats Evercore on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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