SEI Investments (SEIC) Competitors

SEI Investments (NASDAQ:SEIC) and Jefferies Financial Group (NYSE:JEF) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Which has more volatility and risk, SEIC or JEF?

SEI Investments has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jefferies Financial Group has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SEIC or JEF more profitable?

SEI Investments has a net margin of 24.08% compared to Jefferies Financial Group's net margin of 5.90%. SEI Investments' return on equity of 22.40% beat Jefferies Financial Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SEI Investments	24.08%	22.40%	19.34%
Jefferies Financial Group	5.90%	4.41%	0.76%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SEIC or JEF?

70.6% of SEI Investments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.9% of Jefferies Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 15.5% of SEI Investments shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of Jefferies Financial Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor SEIC or JEF?

In the previous week, Jefferies Financial Group had 6 more articles in the media than SEI Investments. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Jefferies Financial Group and 16 mentions for SEI Investments. SEI Investments' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Jefferies Financial Group's score of 0.81 indicating that SEI Investments is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SEI Investments	7 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Jefferies Financial Group	11 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, SEIC or JEF?

SEI Investments has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Jefferies Financial Group. SEI Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jefferies Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SEI Investments	$1.92B	4.55	$462.26M	$3.46	19.21
Jefferies Financial Group	$4.70B	1.96	$277.69M	$1.22	35.59

Do analysts prefer SEIC or JEF?

SEI Investments currently has a consensus target price of $71.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.80%. Jefferies Financial Group has a consensus target price of $43.33, suggesting a potential downside of 0.20%. Given SEI Investments' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe SEI Investments is more favorable than Jefferies Financial Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SEI Investments	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Jefferies Financial Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SEIC or JEF?

Jefferies Financial Group received 106 more outperform votes than SEI Investments when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.40% of users gave SEI Investments an outperform vote while only 53.89% of users gave Jefferies Financial Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SEI Investments	Outperform Votes 379 59.40%	Underperform Votes 259 40.60%
Jefferies Financial Group	Outperform Votes 485 53.89%	Underperform Votes 415 46.11%

Is SEIC or JEF a better dividend stock?

SEI Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Jefferies Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. SEI Investments pays out 26.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jefferies Financial Group pays out 98.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

SEI Investments beats Jefferies Financial Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.