MKTX vs. SF, SEIC, JEF, FRHC, PIPR, VIRT, AMTD, HOOD, NMR, and RJF
Should you be buying MarketAxess stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MarketAxess include Stifel Financial (SF), SEI Investments (SEIC), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), Freedom (FRHC), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), Virtu Financial (VIRT), TD Ameritrade (AMTD), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), Nomura (NMR), and Raymond James (RJF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
MarketAxess (NASDAQ:MKTX) and Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, community ranking and media sentiment.
MarketAxess currently has a consensus price target of $252.80, indicating a potential upside of 25.78%. Stifel Financial has a consensus price target of $84.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.11%. Given MarketAxess' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MarketAxess is more favorable than Stifel Financial.
MarketAxess received 65 more outperform votes than Stifel Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.46% of users gave Stifel Financial an outperform vote while only 46.65% of users gave MarketAxess an outperform vote.
MarketAxess has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stifel Financial has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Stifel Financial had 17 more articles in the media than MarketAxess. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Stifel Financial and 6 mentions for MarketAxess. MarketAxess' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Stifel Financial's score of 0.27 indicating that MarketAxess is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MarketAxess has a net margin of 34.29% compared to Stifel Financial's net margin of 11.34%. MarketAxess' return on equity of 21.76% beat Stifel Financial's return on equity.
Stifel Financial has higher revenue and earnings than MarketAxess. Stifel Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MarketAxess, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MarketAxess pays an annual dividend of $2.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Stifel Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. MarketAxess pays out 43.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stifel Financial pays out 38.2% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
99.0% of MarketAxess shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of Stifel Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of MarketAxess shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Stifel Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
MarketAxess beats Stifel Financial on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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