TROW vs. NDAQ, TW, LPLA, CBOE, ICE, CME, WTW, ACGL, DFS, and BBDO
Should you be buying T. Rowe Price Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of T. Rowe Price Group include Nasdaq (NDAQ), Tradeweb Markets (TW), LPL Financial (LPLA), Cboe Global Markets (CBOE), Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), CME Group (CME), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Discover Financial Services (DFS), and Banco Bradesco (BBDO). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
T. Rowe Price Group vs.
Nasdaq (NASDAQ:NDAQ) and T. Rowe Price Group (NASDAQ:TROW) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking and dividends.
Nasdaq pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. T. Rowe Price Group pays an annual dividend of $4.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Nasdaq pays out 35.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. T. Rowe Price Group pays out 72.9% 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. Nasdaq has raised its dividend for 9 consecutive years and T. Rowe Price Group has raised its dividend for 38 consecutive years. T. Rowe Price Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
73.0% of Nasdaq shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.6% of T. Rowe Price Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Nasdaq shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of T. Rowe Price Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Nasdaq has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, T. Rowe Price Group has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Nasdaq received 225 more outperform votes than T. Rowe Price Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.88% of users gave Nasdaq an outperform vote while only 54.11% of users gave T. Rowe Price Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, T. Rowe Price Group had 3 more articles in the media than Nasdaq. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for T. Rowe Price Group and 7 mentions for Nasdaq. Nasdaq's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat T. Rowe Price Group's score of 1.35 indicating that Nasdaq is being referred to more favorably in the media.
T. Rowe Price Group has a net margin of 24.01% compared to Nasdaq's net margin of 18.08%. Nasdaq's return on equity of 22.12% beat T. Rowe Price Group's return on equity.
T. Rowe Price Group has higher revenue and earnings than Nasdaq. T. Rowe Price Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nasdaq, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Nasdaq currently has a consensus price target of $64.74, suggesting a potential upside of 19.50%. T. Rowe Price Group has a consensus price target of $100.30, suggesting a potential downside of 10.94%. Given Nasdaq's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Nasdaq is more favorable than T. Rowe Price Group.
Summary
T. Rowe Price Group beats Nasdaq on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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