RJF vs. LPLA, SF, EVR, LAZ, BGC, PIPR, OPY, FBRC, MS, and GS
Should you be buying Raymond James stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Raymond James include LPL Financial (LPLA), Stifel Financial (SF), Evercore (EVR), 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.
Raymond James (NYSE:RJF) and LPL Financial (NASDAQ:LPLA) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.
Raymond James has a net margin of 12.72% compared to LPL Financial's net margin of 9.71%. LPL Financial's return on equity of 55.22% beat Raymond James' return on equity.
Raymond James received 170 more outperform votes than LPL Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.94% of users gave Raymond James an outperform vote while only 58.32% of users gave LPL Financial an outperform vote.
Raymond James has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LPL Financial has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Raymond James pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. LPL Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Raymond James pays out 21.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LPL Financial pays out 9.1% 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.
Raymond James currently has a consensus target price of $126.22, suggesting a potential upside of 5.16%. LPL Financial has a consensus target price of $276.20, suggesting a potential downside of 1.38%. Given Raymond James' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Raymond James is more favorable than LPL Financial.
Raymond James has higher revenue and earnings than LPL Financial. Raymond James is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LPL Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
83.8% of Raymond James shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of LPL Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.7% of Raymond James shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of LPL Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Raymond James and Raymond James both had 5 articles in the media. LPL Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Raymond James' score of 1.57 indicating that LPL Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
LPL Financial beats Raymond James on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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