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Stocks to Compare Sections All Sections Selected Performance Chart Price & Volume MarketRank Analyst Ratings Sales & Book Value Profitability & Earnings Dividends Debt Ownership Miscellaneous Headlines About Compare NYSE:AC NYSE:PIPR NYSE:WDR On This Page Performance ChartPrice & VolumeMarketRank™Analyst RatingsSales & Book ValueProfitability & EarningsDividendsDebtOwnershipMiscellaneousHeadlinesAbout Comparison Ideas Stock Ideas Comparative Price Performance Over Time1 day7 days30 days90 days365 daysCompare Price & VolumeCompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's VolumeACAssociated Capital Group$37.55+0.1%$37.33$29.18▼$43.85$793.81M0.595,725 shs191 shsPIPRPiper Sandler Companies$301.17-0.5%$264.34$202.91▼$351.80$5.35B1.48129,017 shs50,809 shsWDRWaddell & Reed Financial$24.98$24.97$12.46▼$25.90$1.55B1.44750,422 shs5.53 million shsA Guide To High-Short-Interest StocksMarketBeat's analysts have just released their top five short plays for July 2025. Learn which stocks have the most short interest and how to trade them. Enter your email address to see which companies made the list.Get This Free ReportCompare Price PerformanceCompany1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year PerformanceACAssociated Capital Group-0.12%+0.18%-0.33%+8.26%+25.17%PIPRPiper Sandler Companies+4.62%+3.10%+14.86%+30,254,999,900.00%+30,254,999,900.00%WDRWaddell & Reed Financial0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%Compare MarketRank™CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & ValuationACAssociated Capital Group1.8483 of 5 stars0.02.00.81.62.33.31.3PIPRPiper Sandler CompaniesN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AWDRWaddell & Reed FinancialN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/ACompare Analyst ForecastsCompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current PriceACAssociated Capital Group 0.00N/AN/AN/APIPRPiper Sandler Companies 2.33Hold$312.503.76% UpsideWDRWaddell & Reed Financial 0.00N/AN/AN/ACurrent Analyst Ratings BreakdownLatest WDR, PIPR, and AC Analyst RatingsDateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails7/10/2025PIPRPiper Sandler CompaniesWolfe ResearchSubscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy ratingUpgradePeer Perform ➝ Outperform$339.005/5/2025PIPRPiper Sandler CompaniesJMP SecuritiesSubscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy ratingReiterated RatingMarket Perform ➝ Market Perform(Data available from 7/11/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)Compare Sales & Book ValueCompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/BookACAssociated Capital Group$13.18M60.23$2.11 per share17.76$42.14 per share0.89PIPRPiper Sandler Companies$1.53B3.51$15.89 per share18.95$79.63 per share3.78WDRWaddell & Reed Financial$1.07B1.45$3.27 per share7.64$11.50 per share2.17Compare Profitability & EarningsCompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings DateACAssociated Capital Group$44.33M$1.7920.98∞N/A310.55%4.24%4.02%8/6/2025 (Estimated)PIPRPiper Sandler Companies$181.11M$11.4426.33∞N/A13.20%18.32%12.54%8/1/2025 (Estimated)WDRWaddell & Reed Financial$114.99M$1.8817.9719.52N/A9.17%14.57%9.54%N/ALatest WDR, PIPR, and AC EarningsDateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails8/1/2025Q2 2025PIPRPiper Sandler Companies$1.99N/AN/AN/A$349.40 millionN/A5/8/2025Q1 2025ACAssociated Capital GroupN/A$0.36N/A$0.36N/AN/A5/2/2025Q1 2025PIPRPiper Sandler Companies$2.85$4.09+$1.24$3.65$366.99 million$357.27 millionCompare DividendsCompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive GrowthACAssociated Capital Group$0.200.53%N/A11.17%N/APIPRPiper Sandler Companies$2.600.86%N/A22.73%1 YearsWDRWaddell & Reed Financial$1.004.00%N/A53.19%N/ALatest WDR, PIPR, and AC DividendsAnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date5/9/2025ACAssociated Capital Groupsemi-annual$0.100.6%6/12/20256/12/20256/26/20255/5/2025PIPRPiper Sandler Companiesquarterly$0.651%5/30/20255/30/20256/13/2025(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)Compare DebtCompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick RatioACAssociated Capital GroupN/A13.4511.22PIPRPiper Sandler CompaniesN/A1.430.36WDRWaddell & Reed FinancialN/A2.750.95Compare OwnershipInstitutional OwnershipCompanyInstitutional OwnershipACAssociated Capital Group8.14%PIPRPiper Sandler Companies72.79%WDRWaddell & Reed FinancialN/AInsider OwnershipCompanyInsider OwnershipACAssociated Capital Group88.73%PIPRPiper Sandler Companies2.70%WDRWaddell & Reed Financial2.74%Compare Miscellaneous StatsCompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionableACAssociated Capital Group2021.14 million2.38 millionNot OptionablePIPRPiper Sandler Companies1,80517.77 million17.29 millionOptionableWDRWaddell & Reed Financial1,11662.18 millionN/AOptionableWDR, PIPR, and AC HeadlinesRecent News About These CompaniesSouthwind eyes former Waddell & Reed building for new HQFebruary 13, 2025 | bizjournals.comWaddell, AZ 10-Day Weather ForecastOctober 24, 2024 | wunderground.comWIt’s Time to Have the Talk ... About SustainabilitySeptember 24, 2024 | morningstar.comMWith grief lingering, Blue Jackets GM Waddell places focus on hockey in wake of Gaudreau’s deathSeptember 16, 2024 | msn.comIs it an overreaction to say Reed Sheppard will be the best NBA player of the 2024 draft class?July 29, 2024 | si.comSWaddell steps down as Carolina Hurricanes General ManagerMay 25, 2024 | msn.comCarolina Hurricanes GM Waddell resignsMay 24, 2024 | bizjournals.comWaddell: Deal will get done, Brind'Amour wants to be 'Hurricane for life'May 1, 2024 | msn.comReed's, Inc. (REED)April 21, 2024 | finance.yahoo.comBiP’s Carly Waddell Didn’t Get to Keep Her Wedding Dress After Televised Evan Bass CeremonyNovember 7, 2023 | usmagazine.comUreed switchesNovember 5, 2023 | hackaday.comHWaddell & Reed Advisor Science And Technology Fund Class A (UNSCX)September 5, 2023 | investing.comDeclining Q2 Earnings Expectations May Still Not Point to a RecessionJuly 16, 2023 | investopedia.comJanet Yellen Calls China Trip "Step Forward" in Improving RelationsJuly 13, 2023 | investopedia.comWaddell & Reed Advisors Dividend Opportunities Fund Class A (WDVAX)April 22, 2023 | investing.comCommercial Real Estate Loans May Add To Woes For Troubled Regional BanksApril 21, 2023 | investopedia.comDr. Ken W. WaddellMarch 24, 2023 | health.usnews.comWaddell & Reed Advisors Funds - Waddell & Reed Advisors Science and Technology Fund (UNSCX)March 23, 2023 | finance.yahoo.comFlowers keep calling even to a generation that's lost touch with nature – Laura WaddellMarch 12, 2023 | scotsman.comSLily Waddell, AuthorMarch 7, 2023 | hellomagazine.comHNew MarketBeat Followers Over TimeMedia Sentiment Over TimeTop HeadlinesView All HeadlinesWhy BigBear.ai Could Rally 100% and Catch Palantir SoonBy Gabriel Osorio-Mazilli | June 30, 2025View Why BigBear.ai Could Rally 100% and Catch Palantir Soon3 Defense Leaders Set to Gain From Rising Military SpendBy Chris Markoch | July 5, 2025View 3 Defense Leaders Set to Gain From Rising Military SpendIPO Momentum Returns: 3 Stocks Rising After CoreWeave’s SurgeBy Dan Schmidt | June 20, 2025View IPO Momentum Returns: 3 Stocks Rising After CoreWeave’s SurgeBigBear.ai Poised to Benefit as Palantir Dominates AI DefenseBy Gabriel Osorio-Mazilli | June 23, 2025View BigBear.ai Poised to Benefit as Palantir Dominates AI DefenseCan Luckin and Dutch Bros Take Market Share From Starbucks?By Nathan Reiff | June 18, 2025View Can Luckin and Dutch Bros Take Market Share From Starbucks?WDR, PIPR, and AC Company DescriptionsAssociated Capital Group NYSE:AC$37.55 +0.02 (+0.05%) As of 12:48 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more.Associated Capital Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides investment advisory services in the United States. The company offers alternative investment management services; and operates a direct investment business. It also invests in new and existing businesses. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. Associated Capital Group, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of GGCP Holdings LLC.Piper Sandler Companies NYSE:PIPR$301.17 -1.45 (-0.48%) As of 12:56 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more.Piper Sandler Companies operates as an investment bank and institutional securities firm that serves corporations, private equity groups, public entities, non-profit entities, and institutional investors in the United States and internationally. It offers investment banking services and institutional sales, trading, and research services for various equity and fixed income products; advisory services, such as mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt private placements, and debt and restructuring advisory; raises capital through equity and debt financings; underwrites municipal issuances; and municipal financial advisory and loan placement services, as well as various over-the-counter derivative products. It also provides public finance investment banking services that focus on state and local governments, and cultural and social service non-profit entities, as well as the education, healthcare, hospitality, senior living, housing, and transportation sectors. In addition, the company offers equity and fixed income advisory and trade execution services for institutional investors, corporations, and government and non-profit entities. Further, it is involved in the alternative asset management funds merchant banking and healthcare to invest firm capital and to manage capital from outside investors. The company was formerly known as Piper Jaffray Companies and changed its name to Piper Sandler Companies in January 2020. Piper Sandler Companies was founded in 1895 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Waddell & Reed Financial NYSE:WDRWaddell & Reed Financial, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides investment management and advisory, investment product underwriting and distribution, and shareholder services administration to mutual funds, and institutional and separately managed accounts in the United States. The company acts as an investment adviser for institutional and other private investors, and provides sub advisory services to other investment companies; and underwrites and distributes registered open-end mutual fund portfolios. It also offers fee-based asset allocation investment advisory products to advisors channel customers; distributes business partners' variable annuity products, and retirement and life insurance products to advisors channel customers; and sells life insurance and disability products underwritten by various carriers. The company distributes investment products through its wholesale channel comprising other broker/dealers, various retirement platforms, and registered investment advisors, as well as through independent financial advisors; and markets investment advisory services to institutional investors directly or through consultants. Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. was founded in 1937 and is based in Overland Park, Kansas. 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