Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR) Competitors

Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE:PIPR) and Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and community ranking.

Does the media prefer PIPR or SF?

In the previous week, Stifel Financial had 15 more articles in the media than Piper Sandler Companies. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Stifel Financial and 8 mentions for Piper Sandler Companies. Piper Sandler Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Stifel Financial's score of 0.77 indicating that Piper Sandler Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Piper Sandler Companies	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Stifel Financial	15 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of PIPR or SF?

72.8% of Piper Sandler Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of Stifel Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Piper Sandler Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Stifel Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate PIPR or SF?

Piper Sandler Companies currently has a consensus price target of $286.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.32%. Stifel Financial has a consensus price target of $105.50, suggesting a potential upside of 23.32%. Given Stifel Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Stifel Financial is more favorable than Piper Sandler Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Piper Sandler Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Stifel Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Is PIPR or SF more profitable?

Stifel Financial has a net margin of 14.00% compared to Piper Sandler Companies' net margin of 11.87%. Piper Sandler Companies' return on equity of 17.00% beat Stifel Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Piper Sandler Companies	11.87%	17.00%	11.86%
Stifel Financial	14.00%	16.59%	2.04%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PIPR or SF?

Piper Sandler Companies received 191 more outperform votes than Stifel Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.17% of users gave Piper Sandler Companies an outperform vote while only 55.09% of users gave Stifel Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Piper Sandler Companies	Outperform Votes 478 56.17%	Underperform Votes 373 43.83%
Stifel Financial	Outperform Votes 287 55.09%	Underperform Votes 234 44.91%

Is PIPR or SF a better dividend stock?

Piper Sandler Companies pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Stifel Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Piper Sandler Companies pays out 25.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stifel Financial pays out 35.2% 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, PIPR or SF?

Piper Sandler Companies has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stifel Financial has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, PIPR or SF?

Stifel Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Piper Sandler Companies. Stifel Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Piper Sandler Companies, 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
Piper Sandler Companies	$1.48B	2.91	$181.11M	$10.22	23.65
Stifel Financial	$4.99B	1.78	$731.38M	$5.23	16.36

Summary

Piper Sandler Companies and Stifel Financial tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.