VIRT vs. PIPR, FRHC, NAVI, WT, TIGR, MKTX, SF, SEIC, JEF, and CNS
Should you be buying Virtu Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virtu Financial include Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), Freedom (FRHC), Navient (NAVI), WisdomTree (WT), UP Fintech (TIGR), MarketAxess (MKTX), Stifel Financial (SF), SEI Investments (SEIC), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), and Cohen & Steers (CNS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Virtu Financial (NASDAQ:VIRT) and Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE:PIPR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.
Piper Sandler Companies has a net margin of 7.33% compared to Virtu Financial's net margin of 6.04%. Virtu Financial's return on equity of 17.33% beat Piper Sandler Companies' return on equity.
Virtu Financial currently has a consensus target price of $22.24, indicating a potential upside of 0.74%. Piper Sandler Companies has a consensus target price of $181.50, indicating a potential downside of 10.66%. Given Virtu Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Virtu Financial is more favorable than Piper Sandler Companies.
45.8% of Virtu Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of Piper Sandler Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 44.8% of Virtu Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Piper Sandler Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Virtu Financial has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Piper Sandler Companies has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Virtu Financial received 4 more outperform votes than Piper Sandler Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.73% of users gave Virtu Financial an outperform vote while only 57.52% of users gave Piper Sandler Companies an outperform vote.
Virtu Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Piper Sandler Companies. Virtu Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Piper Sandler Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Piper Sandler Companies had 12 more articles in the media than Virtu Financial. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Piper Sandler Companies and 6 mentions for Virtu Financial. Virtu Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Piper Sandler Companies' score of 0.34 indicating that Virtu Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Virtu Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Piper Sandler Companies pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Virtu Financial pays out 67.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Piper Sandler Companies pays out 40.8% 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.
Summary
Virtu Financial beats Piper Sandler Companies on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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