PIPR vs. AMP, EQH, EVR, GS, HLI, JEF, LAZ, MC, MS, and SF
Should you be buying Piper Sandler Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Piper Sandler Companies include Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Equitable (EQH), Evercore (EVR), The Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Houlihan Lokey (HLI), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), Lazard (LAZ), Moelis & Company (MC), Morgan Stanley (MS), and Stifel Financial (SF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Piper Sandler Companies vs. Its Competitors
Ameriprise Financial (NYSE:AMP) and Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE:PIPR) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Ameriprise Financial pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Piper Sandler Companies pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Ameriprise Financial pays out 21.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Piper Sandler Companies pays out 22.7% 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 Piper Sandler Companies has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Ameriprise Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
84.0% of Ameriprise Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of Piper Sandler Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Ameriprise Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Piper Sandler Companies 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.
Ameriprise Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Piper Sandler Companies. Ameriprise 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.
Ameriprise Financial currently has a consensus target price of $519.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.60%. Piper Sandler Companies has a consensus target price of $286.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.25%. Given Piper Sandler Companies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Piper Sandler Companies is more favorable than Ameriprise Financial.
In the previous week, Ameriprise Financial had 20 more articles in the media than Piper Sandler Companies. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Ameriprise Financial and 8 mentions for Piper Sandler Companies. Ameriprise Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Piper Sandler Companies' score of 0.90 indicating that Ameriprise Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ameriprise Financial has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Piper Sandler Companies has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ameriprise Financial has a net margin of 17.14% compared to Piper Sandler Companies' net margin of 13.20%. Ameriprise Financial's return on equity of 68.93% beat Piper Sandler Companies' return on equity.
Summary
Ameriprise Financial beats Piper Sandler Companies on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:PIPR) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
