IBKR vs. RJF, NMR, HOOD, FUTU, JEF, SEIC, MKTX, AMTD, BLK, and SCHW
Should you be buying Interactive Brokers Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Interactive Brokers Group include Raymond James (RJF), Nomura (NMR), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), Futu (FUTU), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), SEI Investments (SEIC), MarketAxess (MKTX), TD Ameritrade (AMTD), BlackRock (BLK), and Charles Schwab (SCHW).
Interactive Brokers Group (NASDAQ:IBKR) and Raymond James (NYSE:RJF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Interactive Brokers Group pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Raymond James pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Interactive Brokers Group pays out 6.8% 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.
Interactive Brokers Group presently has a consensus target price of $124.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.63%. Raymond James has a consensus target price of $126.22, indicating a potential upside of 0.52%. Given Interactive Brokers Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Interactive Brokers Group is more favorable than Raymond James.
Raymond James has a net margin of 12.72% compared to Interactive Brokers Group's net margin of 7.62%. Raymond James' return on equity of 18.24% beat Interactive Brokers Group's return on equity.
Raymond James received 342 more outperform votes than Interactive Brokers Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.12% of users gave Raymond James an outperform vote while only 55.88% of users gave Interactive Brokers Group an outperform vote.
23.8% of Interactive Brokers Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Raymond James shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Interactive Brokers Group 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 is poised for long-term growth.
Raymond James has higher revenue and earnings than Interactive Brokers Group. Raymond James is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Interactive Brokers Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Interactive Brokers Group had 3 more articles in the media than Raymond James. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Interactive Brokers Group and 8 mentions for Raymond James. Raymond James' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Interactive Brokers Group's score of 0.58 indicating that Raymond James is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Interactive Brokers Group has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Raymond James has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Raymond James beats Interactive Brokers Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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