HOOD vs. SEIC, JEF, MKTX, SF, NMR, FRHC, VIRT, CS, PIPR, and NAVI
Should you be buying Robinhood Markets stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Robinhood Markets include SEI Investments (SEIC), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), MarketAxess (MKTX), Stifel Financial (SF), Nomura (NMR), Freedom (FRHC), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Credit Suisse Group (CS), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), and Navient (NAVI). These companies are all part of the "security brokers & dealers" industry.
Robinhood Markets vs.
SEI Investments (NASDAQ:SEIC) and Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ:HOOD) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.
In the previous week, Robinhood Markets had 13 more articles in the media than SEI Investments. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Robinhood Markets and 6 mentions for SEI Investments. SEI Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Robinhood Markets' score of 0.08 indicating that SEI Investments is being referred to more favorably in the media.
69.5% of SEI Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.8% of Robinhood Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.4% of SEI Investments shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.8% of Robinhood Markets shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
SEI Investments received 342 more outperform votes than Robinhood Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.26% of users gave SEI Investments an outperform vote while only 25.69% of users gave Robinhood Markets an outperform vote.
SEI Investments has higher revenue and earnings than Robinhood Markets. Robinhood Markets is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SEI Investments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SEI Investments presently has a consensus target price of $60.80, indicating a potential upside of 3.00%. Robinhood Markets has a consensus target price of $11.73, indicating a potential upside of 25.29%. Given Robinhood Markets' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Robinhood Markets is more favorable than SEI Investments.
SEI Investments has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Robinhood Markets has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SEI Investments has a net margin of 20.88% compared to Robinhood Markets' net margin of -76.47%. SEI Investments' return on equity of 22.29% beat Robinhood Markets' return on equity.
Summary
SEI Investments beats Robinhood Markets on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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