Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR) Competitors

$206.14
+2.98 (+1.47%)
(As of 05/3/2024 08:53 PM ET)

PIPR vs. SF, VIRT, FRHC, WT, MKTX, SEIC, JEF, IBOC, PK, and CNS

Should you be buying Piper Sandler Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Piper Sandler Companies include Stifel Financial (SF), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Freedom (FRHC), WisdomTree (WT), MarketAxess (MKTX), SEI Investments (SEIC), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), International Bancshares (IBOC), Park Hotels & Resorts (PK), and Cohen & Steers (CNS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Piper Sandler Companies vs.

Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) and Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE:PIPR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Stifel Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Piper Sandler Companies. Stifel Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Piper Sandler Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Stifel Financial$4.35B1.93$522.54M$4.4018.58
Piper Sandler Companies$1.35B2.71$85.49M$5.8835.06

Stifel Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Piper Sandler Companies pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Stifel Financial pays out 38.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Piper Sandler Companies pays out 40.8% 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 has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Stifel Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Stifel Financial has a net margin of 11.34% compared to Stifel Financial's net margin of 7.33%. Stifel Financial's return on equity of 13.83% beat Piper Sandler Companies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Stifel Financial11.34% 12.39% 1.52%
Piper Sandler Companies 7.33%13.83%8.64%

Stifel Financial has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Piper Sandler Companies has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Stifel Financial currently has a consensus target price of $84.50, indicating a potential upside of 3.35%. Piper Sandler Companies has a consensus target price of $181.50, indicating a potential downside of 11.95%. Given Piper Sandler Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Stifel Financial is more favorable than Piper Sandler Companies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Stifel Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Piper Sandler Companies
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

In the previous week, Piper Sandler Companies had 9 more articles in the media than Stifel Financial. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Piper Sandler Companies and 9 mentions for Stifel Financial. Piper Sandler Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Stifel Financial's score of 0.34 indicating that Stifel Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Stifel Financial
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Piper Sandler Companies
2 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Piper Sandler Companies received 98 more outperform votes than Stifel Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.52% of users gave Piper Sandler Companies an outperform vote while only 55.46% of users gave Stifel Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Stifel FinancialOutperform Votes
269
55.46%
Underperform Votes
216
44.54%
Piper Sandler CompaniesOutperform Votes
367
57.52%
Underperform Votes
271
42.48%

82.0% of Stifel Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of Piper Sandler Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of Stifel Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Piper Sandler Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Stifel Financial beats Piper Sandler Companies on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PIPR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PIPR vs. The Competition

MetricPiper Sandler CompaniesSecurity brokers & dealers IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.65B$23.69B$9.19B$17.43B
Dividend Yield1.21%2.76%6.31%3.58%
P/E Ratio35.0614.2657.0525.58
Price / Sales2.714.953,546.0012.18
Price / Cash16.3716.3727.4917.50
Price / Book2.812.162.274.92
Net Income$85.49M$898.06M$1.00B$964.63M
7 Day Performance4.55%1.01%0.85%1.73%
1 Month Performance3.32%0.41%-0.12%-1.32%
1 Year Performance65.65%51.78%13.49%101.87%

Piper Sandler Companies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SF
Stifel Financial
4.1343 of 5 stars
$79.05
+0.7%
$84.50
+6.9%
+44.0%$8.13B$4.35B17.979,000Insider Selling
VIRT
Virtu Financial
4.8836 of 5 stars
$22.02
-1.7%
$22.24
+1.0%
+31.5%$3.48B$2.29B15.40975
FRHC
Freedom
0 of 5 stars
$68.50
+1.6%
N/A-10.4%$3.79B$795.69M0.003,689
WT
WisdomTree
4.2019 of 5 stars
$8.65
-1.4%
$10.88
+25.7%
+47.2%$1.31B$349.04M12.72303Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
MKTX
MarketAxess
4.7656 of 5 stars
$201.79
+0.1%
$252.80
+25.3%
-31.7%$7.59B$752.55M29.46881Upcoming Earnings
SEIC
SEI Investments
4.5997 of 5 stars
$66.57
+0.1%
$71.00
+6.7%
+15.2%$8.76B$1.96B18.195,089
JEF
Jefferies Financial Group
4.4484 of 5 stars
$43.56
+0.2%
$43.33
-0.5%
+47.9%$9.24B$4.70B35.707,564Analyst Report
Options Volume
IBOC
International Bancshares
2.9087 of 5 stars
$56.15
+0.3%
N/A+45.3%$3.49B$833.44M8.482,200Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
PK
Park Hotels & Resorts
4.5028 of 5 stars
$16.57
+1.5%
$17.58
+6.1%
+29.8%$3.49B$2.70B36.0290Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Gap Up
CNS
Cohen & Steers
2.2931 of 5 stars
$70.37
+0.7%
$67.00
-4.8%
+24.9%$3.49B$502.57M27.38405Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:PIPR) was last updated on 5/4/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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