RJF vs. SF, NMR, HOOD, JEF, SEIC, MKTX, IBKR, WTW, FITB, and TROW
Should you be buying Raymond James stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Raymond James include Stifel Financial (SF), Nomura (NMR), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), SEI Investments (SEIC), MarketAxess (MKTX), Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), and T. Rowe Price Group (TROW). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Raymond James (NYSE:RJF) and Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.
Raymond James pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Stifel Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Raymond James pays out 21.8% 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.
In the previous week, Raymond James had 8 more articles in the media than Stifel Financial. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Raymond James and 8 mentions for Stifel Financial. Raymond James' average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Stifel Financial's score of 0.37 indicating that Raymond James is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Raymond James received 359 more outperform votes than Stifel Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.13% of users gave Raymond James an outperform vote while only 55.46% of users gave Stifel Financial an outperform vote.
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 18.24% beat Stifel Financial's return on equity.
83.8% of Raymond James shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of Stifel Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 9.7% of Raymond James 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 endowments, large money managers 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.
Raymond James has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stifel Financial has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Raymond James presently has a consensus target price of $126.22, suggesting a potential upside of 1.46%. Stifel Financial has a consensus target price of $84.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.67%. Given Stifel Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Stifel Financial is more favorable than Raymond James.
Summary
Raymond James beats Stifel Financial on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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