JEF vs. SEIC, SF, HOOD, FRHC, VIRT, CS, NMR, PIPR, NAVI, and MKTX
Should you be buying Jefferies Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jefferies Financial Group include SEI Investments (SEIC), Stifel Financial (SF), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), Freedom (FRHC), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Credit Suisse Group (CS), Nomura (NMR), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), Navient (NAVI), and MarketAxess (MKTX). These companies are all part of the "security brokers & dealers" industry.
Jefferies Financial Group vs.
Jefferies Financial Group (NYSE:JEF) and SEI Investments (NASDAQ:SEIC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Jefferies Financial Group had 26 more articles in the media than SEI Investments. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Jefferies Financial Group and 9 mentions for SEI Investments. Jefferies Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat SEI Investments' score of 0.05 indicating that Jefferies Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
66.0% of Jefferies Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of SEI Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.8% of Jefferies Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.4% of SEI Investments 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.
Jefferies Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. SEI Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Jefferies Financial Group pays out 51.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SEI Investments pays out 24.9% 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 higher revenue and earnings than SEI Investments. Jefferies Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SEI Investments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Jefferies Financial Group has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEI Investments has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Jefferies Financial Group received 69 more outperform votes than SEI Investments when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.39% of users gave SEI Investments an outperform vote while only 55.51% of users gave Jefferies Financial Group an outperform vote.
Jefferies Financial Group presently has a consensus target price of $36.75, suggesting a potential upside of 18.62%. SEI Investments has a consensus target price of $60.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.93%. Given Jefferies Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Jefferies Financial Group is more favorable than SEI Investments.
SEI Investments has a net margin of 23.88% compared to Jefferies Financial Group's net margin of 12.90%. SEI Investments' return on equity of 26.69% beat Jefferies Financial Group's return on equity.
Summary
SEI Investments beats Jefferies Financial Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding JEF and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Jefferies Financial Group Competitors List
