CS vs. VIRT, PIPR, NAVI, PJC, WT, TIGR, AC, FRHC, SF, and SEIC
Should you be buying Credit Suisse Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Credit Suisse Group include Virtu Financial (VIRT), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), Navient (NAVI), Piper Jaffray Companies (PJC), WisdomTree (WT), UP Fintech (TIGR), Associated Capital Group (AC), Freedom (FRHC), Stifel Financial (SF), and SEI Investments (SEIC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Credit Suisse Group vs.
Credit Suisse Group (NYSE:CS) and Virtu Financial (NASDAQ:VIRT) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and risk.
Virtu Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Credit Suisse Group. Credit Suisse Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Virtu Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
11.2% of Credit Suisse Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.0% of Virtu Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 44.8% of Virtu Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Credit Suisse Group had 6 more articles in the media than Virtu Financial. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Credit Suisse Group and 4 mentions for Virtu Financial. Virtu Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Credit Suisse Group's score of 0.50 indicating that Virtu Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Credit Suisse Group has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virtu Financial has a beta of 0.24, suggesting that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Credit Suisse Group has a net margin of 15.12% compared to Virtu Financial's net margin of 6.53%. Credit Suisse Group's return on equity of 23.83% beat Virtu Financial's return on equity.
Credit Suisse Group received 257 more outperform votes than Virtu Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.54% of users gave Virtu Financial an outperform vote while only 55.00% of users gave Credit Suisse Group an outperform vote.
Credit Suisse Group presently has a consensus target price of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 1,697.75%. Virtu Financial has a consensus target price of $22.40, indicating a potential upside of 30.54%. Given Credit Suisse Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Credit Suisse Group is more favorable than Virtu Financial.
Credit Suisse Group pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Virtu Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Credit Suisse Group pays out 7.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Virtu Financial pays out 70.6% 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. Credit Suisse Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Virtu Financial beats Credit Suisse Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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