EVR vs. RJF, LPLA, SF, LAZ, BGC, PIPR, OPY, FBRC, MS, and GS
Should you be buying Evercore stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Evercore include Raymond James (RJF), LPL Financial (LPLA), Stifel Financial (SF), Lazard (LAZ), BGC Group (BGC), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), Oppenheimer (OPY), FBR & Co. (FBRC), Morgan Stanley (MS), and The Goldman Sachs Group (GS). These companies are all part of the "investment banking & brokerage" industry.
Raymond James (NYSE:RJF) and Evercore (NYSE:EVR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
83.8% of Raymond James shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.2% of Evercore shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.7% of Raymond James shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Evercore shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Raymond James pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Evercore pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Raymond James pays out 21.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Evercore pays out 50.2% 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. Evercore has increased its dividend for 17 consecutive years. Raymond James is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Raymond James received 134 more outperform votes than Evercore when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.44% of users gave Evercore an outperform vote while only 58.54% of users gave Raymond James an outperform vote.
Raymond James has a net margin of 13.16% compared to Evercore's net margin of 11.16%. Evercore's return on equity of 18.49% beat Raymond James' return on equity.
Raymond James has higher revenue and earnings than Evercore. Raymond James is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Evercore, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Raymond James had 9 more articles in the media than Evercore. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Raymond James and 0 mentions for Evercore. Raymond James' average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Evercore's score of 0.00 indicating that Raymond James is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Raymond James has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Evercore has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Raymond James currently has a consensus target price of $129.89, suggesting a potential upside of 12.75%. Evercore has a consensus target price of $248.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.94%. Given Raymond James' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Raymond James is more favorable than Evercore.
Summary
Raymond James beats Evercore on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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