JEF vs. HOOD, CG, GLPI, AMH, HST, COLD, EPRT, STEP, FRHC, and PIPR
Should you be buying Jefferies Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jefferies Financial Group include Robinhood Markets (HOOD), The Carlyle Group (CG), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), Americold Realty Trust (COLD), Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), StepStone Group (STEP), Freedom (FRHC), and Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Jefferies Financial Group (NYSE:JEF) and Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ:HOOD) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.
Jefferies Financial Group has a net margin of 7.82% compared to Robinhood Markets' net margin of 6.22%. Jefferies Financial Group's return on equity of 5.37% beat Robinhood Markets' return on equity.
Jefferies Financial Group received 459 more outperform votes than Robinhood Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.58% of users gave Jefferies Financial Group an outperform vote while only 29.24% of users gave Robinhood Markets an outperform vote.
60.9% of Jefferies Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of Robinhood Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.4% of Jefferies Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of Robinhood Markets shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Jefferies Financial Group currently has a consensus target price of $52.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.72%. Robinhood Markets has a consensus target price of $21.23, indicating a potential upside of 0.16%. Given Robinhood Markets' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Robinhood Markets is more favorable than Jefferies Financial Group.
In the previous week, Jefferies Financial Group had 2 more articles in the media than Robinhood Markets. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Jefferies Financial Group and 13 mentions for Robinhood Markets. Jefferies Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Robinhood Markets' score of 0.69 indicating that Jefferies Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Jefferies Financial Group has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Robinhood Markets has a beta of 1.84, indicating that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Jefferies Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Robinhood Markets. Jefferies Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Robinhood Markets, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Jefferies Financial Group beats Robinhood Markets on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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