XP vs. HOOD, SEIC, JEF, MKTX, NMR, FRHC, PIPR, VIRT, RJF, and IBKR
Should you be buying XP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of XP include Robinhood Markets (HOOD), SEI Investments (SEIC), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), MarketAxess (MKTX), Nomura (NMR), Freedom (FRHC), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Raymond James (RJF), and Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR). These companies are all part of the "security brokers & dealers" industry.
Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ:HOOD) and XP (NASDAQ:XP) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
XP has higher revenue and earnings than Robinhood Markets. Robinhood Markets is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than XP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Robinhood Markets received 23 more outperform votes than XP when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 42.55% of users gave XP an outperform vote while only 27.92% of users gave Robinhood Markets an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Robinhood Markets had 14 more articles in the media than XP. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Robinhood Markets and 6 mentions for XP. XP's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Robinhood Markets' score of 0.00 indicating that Robinhood Markets is being referred to more favorably in the media.
93.3% of Robinhood Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.2% of XP shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.8% of Robinhood Markets shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Robinhood Markets has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XP has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
XP has a net margin of 26.25% compared to XP's net margin of -29.01%. Robinhood Markets' return on equity of 20.88% beat XP's return on equity.
Robinhood Markets presently has a consensus price target of $18.88, indicating a potential upside of 6.87%. XP has a consensus price target of $28.40, indicating a potential upside of 38.20%. Given Robinhood Markets' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe XP is more favorable than Robinhood Markets.
Summary
XP beats Robinhood Markets on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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