JEF vs. AMP, CFG, EQH, EVR, GS, LAZ, MS, PIPR, PRU, and SF
Should you be buying Jefferies Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jefferies Financial Group include Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), Equitable (EQH), Evercore (EVR), The Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Lazard (LAZ), Morgan Stanley (MS), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), Prudential Financial (PRU), and Stifel Financial (SF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Jefferies Financial Group vs. Its Competitors
Ameriprise Financial (NYSE:AMP) and Jefferies Financial Group (NYSE:JEF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.
84.0% of Ameriprise Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.9% of Jefferies Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Ameriprise Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of Jefferies Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ameriprise Financial has a net margin of 18.30% compared to Jefferies Financial Group's net margin of 7.70%. Ameriprise Financial's return on equity of 65.90% beat Jefferies Financial Group's return on equity.
Ameriprise Financial pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Jefferies Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Ameriprise Financial pays out 19.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jefferies Financial Group pays out 60.4% 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. Ameriprise Financial has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years and Jefferies Financial Group has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
Ameriprise Financial currently has a consensus target price of $534.71, indicating a potential upside of 6.76%. Jefferies Financial Group has a consensus target price of $70.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.01%. Given Ameriprise Financial's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Ameriprise Financial is more favorable than Jefferies Financial Group.
Ameriprise Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Jefferies Financial Group. Ameriprise Financial 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.
In the previous week, Jefferies Financial Group had 23 more articles in the media than Ameriprise Financial. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Jefferies Financial Group and 20 mentions for Ameriprise Financial. Ameriprise Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Jefferies Financial Group's score of 1.05 indicating that Ameriprise Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ameriprise Financial has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jefferies Financial Group has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Ameriprise Financial beats Jefferies Financial Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:JEF) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
