Jefferies Financial Group (JEF) Competitors

Jefferies Financial Group (NYSE:JEF) and VICI Properties (NYSE:VICI) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Is JEF or VICI more profitable?

VICI Properties has a net margin of 69.59% compared to Jefferies Financial Group's net margin of 10.57%. VICI Properties' return on equity of 10.24% beat Jefferies Financial Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Jefferies Financial Group	10.57%	7.92%	1.26%
VICI Properties	69.59%	10.24%	6.02%

Does the media prefer JEF or VICI?

In the previous week, Jefferies Financial Group had 35 more articles in the media than VICI Properties. MarketBeat recorded 54 mentions for Jefferies Financial Group and 19 mentions for VICI Properties. VICI Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Jefferies Financial Group's score of 0.72 indicating that VICI Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Jefferies Financial Group	24 Very Positive mention(s)	10 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	7 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
VICI Properties	15 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, JEF or VICI?

VICI Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Jefferies Financial Group. VICI Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jefferies Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Jefferies Financial Group	$10.44B	1.00	$743.38M	$2.89	17.52
VICI Properties	$3.88B	8.69	$2.51B	$2.50	12.77

Do analysts prefer JEF or VICI?

Jefferies Financial Group presently has a consensus price target of $62.75, indicating a potential upside of 23.96%. VICI Properties has a consensus price target of $35.18, indicating a potential upside of 10.20%. Given Jefferies Financial Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Jefferies Financial Group is more favorable than VICI Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Jefferies Financial Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
VICI Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of JEF or VICI?

60.9% of Jefferies Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.7% of VICI Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 19.8% of Jefferies Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of VICI Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer JEF or VICI?

Jefferies Financial Group received 338 more outperform votes than VICI Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.09% of users gave VICI Properties an outperform vote while only 53.58% of users gave Jefferies Financial Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Jefferies Financial Group	Outperform Votes 644 53.58%	Underperform Votes 558 46.42%
VICI Properties	Outperform Votes 306 66.09%	Underperform Votes 157 33.91%

Which has more risk and volatility, JEF or VICI?

Jefferies Financial Group has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VICI Properties has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is JEF or VICI a better dividend stock?

Jefferies Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. VICI Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Jefferies Financial Group pays out 55.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. VICI Properties pays out 69.2% 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. Jefferies Financial Group has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and VICI Properties has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. VICI Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

VICI Properties beats Jefferies Financial Group on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.