Tradeweb Markets (TW) Competitors

LPL Financial (NASDAQ:LPLA) and Tradeweb Markets (NASDAQ:TW) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, LPLA or TW?

LPL Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Tradeweb Markets. LPL Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tradeweb Markets, 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
LPL Financial	$12.39B	2.33	$1.06B	$14.62	24.63
Tradeweb Markets	$1.73B	16.90	$501.51M	$2.59	47.64

Do analysts rate LPLA or TW?

LPL Financial presently has a consensus target price of $383.33, indicating a potential upside of 6.47%. Tradeweb Markets has a consensus target price of $152.08, indicating a potential upside of 23.25%. Given Tradeweb Markets' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tradeweb Markets is more favorable than LPL Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LPL Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Tradeweb Markets	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in LPLA or TW?

95.7% of LPL Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.5% of Tradeweb Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of LPL Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Tradeweb Markets shares are owned 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.

Is LPLA or TW more profitable?

Tradeweb Markets has a net margin of 28.85% compared to LPL Financial's net margin of 7.91%. LPL Financial's return on equity of 39.80% beat Tradeweb Markets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LPL Financial	7.91%	39.80%	9.76%
Tradeweb Markets	28.85%	11.90%	10.29%

Is LPLA or TW a better dividend stock?

LPL Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Tradeweb Markets pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. LPL Financial pays out 8.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tradeweb Markets pays out 18.5% 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. Tradeweb Markets has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Tradeweb Markets is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media refer more to LPLA or TW?

In the previous week, LPL Financial had 29 more articles in the media than Tradeweb Markets. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for LPL Financial and 2 mentions for Tradeweb Markets. LPL Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Tradeweb Markets' score of 0.76 indicating that LPL Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LPL Financial	24 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tradeweb Markets	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, LPLA or TW?

LPL Financial has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tradeweb Markets has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

LPL Financial beats Tradeweb Markets on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.