SF vs. RJF, LPLA, EVR, LAZ, BGC, PIPR, OPY, FBRC, MS, and GS
Should you be buying Stifel Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stifel Financial include Raymond James (RJF), LPL Financial (LPLA), 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.
Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) and Raymond James (NYSE:RJF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.
Raymond James has a net margin of 12.72% compared to Stifel Financial's net margin of 11.34%. Raymond James' return on equity of 17.94% beat Stifel Financial's return on equity.
In the previous week, Raymond James had 1 more articles in the media than Stifel Financial. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Raymond James and 3 mentions for Stifel Financial. Raymond James' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Stifel Financial's score of 1.22 indicating that Raymond James is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Stifel Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Raymond James pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Stifel Financial pays out 38.2% 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.
Stifel Financial presently has a consensus target price of $84.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.05%. Raymond James has a consensus target price of $126.22, indicating a potential upside of 5.16%. Given Stifel Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Stifel Financial is more favorable than Raymond James.
Raymond James received 373 more outperform votes than Stifel Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.94% of users gave Raymond James an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave Stifel Financial an outperform vote.
Stifel Financial has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Raymond James has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
82.0% of Stifel Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Raymond James shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Stifel Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Raymond James shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Raymond James has higher revenue and earnings than Stifel Financial. Raymond James is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stifel Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Raymond James beats Stifel Financial on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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