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LPL Financial (LPLA) Competitors

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$340.25 +1.96 (+0.58%)
Closing price 10/24/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$340.36 +0.12 (+0.03%)
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LPLA vs. IBKR, AMP, EQH, MET, RJF, SCHW, SF, EVR, PIPR, and LAZ

Should you be buying LPL Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LPL Financial include Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Equitable (EQH), MetLife (MET), Raymond James Financial (RJF), Charles Schwab (SCHW), Stifel Financial (SF), Evercore (EVR), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), and Lazard (LAZ). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

LPL Financial vs. Its Competitors

LPL Financial (NASDAQ:LPLA) and Interactive Brokers Group (NASDAQ:IBKR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and earnings.

95.7% of LPL Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.8% of Interactive Brokers Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of LPL Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Interactive Brokers Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Interactive Brokers Group has a net margin of 10.12% compared to LPL Financial's net margin of 7.91%. LPL Financial's return on equity of 39.80% beat Interactive Brokers Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
LPL Financial7.91% 39.80% 9.76%
Interactive Brokers Group 10.12%5.03%0.53%

In the previous week, Interactive Brokers Group had 11 more articles in the media than LPL Financial. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Interactive Brokers Group and 17 mentions for LPL Financial. Interactive Brokers Group's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat LPL Financial's score of 0.88 indicating that Interactive Brokers Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
LPL Financial
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Interactive Brokers Group
25 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

LPL Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Interactive Brokers Group. LPL Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Interactive Brokers Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
LPL Financial$12.39B2.20$1.06B$14.6223.27
Interactive Brokers Group$5.19B22.49$755M$2.0833.05

LPL Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Interactive Brokers Group pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. LPL Financial pays out 8.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Interactive Brokers Group pays out 15.4% 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. Interactive Brokers Group has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Interactive Brokers Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

LPL Financial has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Interactive Brokers Group has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

LPL Financial currently has a consensus price target of $398.38, indicating a potential upside of 17.09%. Interactive Brokers Group has a consensus price target of $71.34, indicating a potential upside of 3.77%. Given LPL Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe LPL Financial is more favorable than Interactive Brokers Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
LPL Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Interactive Brokers Group
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70

Summary

LPL Financial beats Interactive Brokers Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ 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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LPLA vs. The Competition

MetricLPL FinancialFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$27.06B$103.65B$12.73B$10.66B
Dividend Yield0.35%1.95%5.57%4.82%
P/E Ratio23.2717.6022.1030.37
Price / Sales2.206.2930.61134.23
Price / Cash14.9024.5522.3661.44
Price / Book8.693.882.206.60
Net Income$1.06B$6.24B$1.02B$276.82M
7 Day Performance0.68%2.94%1.53%2.53%
1 Month Performance1.11%-0.28%0.20%3.71%
1 Year Performance30.40%38.49%538.04%33.82%

LPL Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LPLA
LPL Financial
4.8433 of 5 stars
$340.25
+0.6%
$398.38
+17.1%
+29.8%$27.06B$12.39B23.279,000Upcoming Earnings
IBKR
Interactive Brokers Group
3.9648 of 5 stars
$70.52
+2.2%
$65.47
-7.2%
+85.6%$119.61B$5.19B36.262,998Positive News
AMP
Ameriprise Financial
4.7941 of 5 stars
$482.04
+0.5%
$539.50
+11.9%
-4.8%$45.44B$17.63B15.0013,600Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
EQH
Equitable
4.4199 of 5 stars
$48.86
+1.1%
$64.45
+31.9%
+6.8%$14.64B$13.64B39.408,000Insider Trade
MET
MetLife
4.9829 of 5 stars
$80.79
+1.3%
$95.18
+17.8%
-6.7%$53.73B$72.22B13.6945,000
RJF
Raymond James Financial
4.5291 of 5 stars
$159.76
-0.3%
$172.20
+7.8%
+10.1%$31.85B$13.59B15.6619,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SCHW
Charles Schwab
4.9017 of 5 stars
$93.50
+1.7%
$100.57
+7.6%
+30.0%$169.72B$21.63B25.1332,100Trending News
Dividend Announcement
SF
Stifel Financial
4.6118 of 5 stars
$109.37
+2.2%
$122.60
+12.1%
+13.0%$11.17B$4.97B21.209,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
EVR
Evercore
4.8924 of 5 stars
$315.86
+4.9%
$319.13
+1.0%
+23.3%$12.19B$3.24B28.712,380Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
PIPR
Piper Sandler Companies
N/A$341.28
+4.6%
$312.50
-8.4%
N/A$6.04B$1.55B28.801,805News Coverage
LAZ
Lazard
4.6188 of 5 stars
$49.19
+2.8%
$54.43
+10.6%
-3.2%$5.55B$3.05B16.963,263Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:LPLA) was last updated on 10/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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