TW vs. LPLA, TROW, NDAQ, ICE, IRM, HBAN, CINF, SUI, NTRS, and PFG
Should you be buying Tradeweb Markets stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tradeweb Markets include LPL Financial (LPLA), T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), Nasdaq (NDAQ), Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Iron Mountain (IRM), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Sun Communities (SUI), Northern Trust (NTRS), and Principal Financial Group (PFG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Tradeweb Markets vs.
Tradeweb Markets (NASDAQ:TW) and LPL Financial (NASDAQ:LPLA) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
Tradeweb Markets pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. LPL Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Tradeweb Markets pays out 24.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LPL Financial pays out 9.2% 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. LPL Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, LPL Financial had 16 more articles in the media than Tradeweb Markets. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for LPL Financial and 5 mentions for Tradeweb Markets. LPL Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Tradeweb Markets' score of 0.53 indicating that LPL Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tradeweb Markets has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LPL Financial has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
LPL Financial received 75 more outperform votes than Tradeweb Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.44% of users gave Tradeweb Markets an outperform vote while only 59.18% of users gave LPL Financial an outperform vote.
44.9% of Tradeweb Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of LPL Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Tradeweb Markets shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of LPL Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Tradeweb Markets has a net margin of 26.04% compared to LPL Financial's net margin of 11.74%. LPL Financial's return on equity of 55.42% beat Tradeweb Markets' return on equity.
Tradeweb Markets presently has a consensus target price of $82.56, indicating a potential upside of 21.17%. LPL Financial has a consensus target price of $236.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.48%. Given Tradeweb Markets' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tradeweb Markets is more favorable than LPL Financial.
Summary
LPL Financial beats Tradeweb Markets on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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