PIPR vs. SF, EVR, LAZ, BGC, OPY, FBRC, MS, GS, SCHW, and LPLA
Should you be buying Piper Sandler Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Piper Sandler Companies include Stifel Financial (SF), Evercore (EVR), Lazard (LAZ), BGC Group (BGC), Oppenheimer (OPY), FBR & Co. (FBRC), Morgan Stanley (MS), The Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Charles Schwab (SCHW), and LPL Financial (LPLA). These companies are all part of the "investment banking & brokerage" industry.
Piper Sandler Companies vs.
Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE:PIPR) and Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability and community ranking.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Stifel Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Piper Sandler Companies pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Stifel Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Piper Sandler Companies pays out 22.7% 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. Piper Sandler Companies has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Stifel Financial has raised its dividend for 9 consecutive years. Stifel Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Piper Sandler Companies currently has a consensus target price of $286.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.37%. Stifel Financial has a consensus target price of $105.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.14%. Given Stifel Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Stifel Financial is more favorable than Piper Sandler Companies.
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.
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.
Piper Sandler Companies received 197 more outperform votes than Stifel Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.89% of users gave Piper Sandler Companies an outperform vote while only 55.09% of users gave Stifel Financial an outperform vote.
Piper Sandler Companies has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stifel Financial has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Stifel Financial had 8 more articles in the media than Piper Sandler Companies. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Stifel Financial and 4 mentions for Piper Sandler Companies. Piper Sandler Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Stifel Financial's score of 0.86 indicating that Piper Sandler Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Stifel Financial beats Piper Sandler Companies on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PIPR) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
