Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR) Competitors

Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE:PIPR) and Ameriprise Financial (NYSE:AMP) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PIPR or AMP?

72.8% of Piper Sandler Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Ameriprise Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Piper Sandler Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Ameriprise 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.

Does the media prefer PIPR or AMP?

In the previous week, Ameriprise Financial had 14 more articles in the media than Piper Sandler Companies. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Ameriprise Financial and 6 mentions for Piper Sandler Companies. Ameriprise Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Piper Sandler Companies' score of 1.19 indicating that Ameriprise Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Piper Sandler Companies	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ameriprise Financial	20 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is PIPR or AMP a better dividend stock?

Piper Sandler Companies pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Ameriprise Financial pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Piper Sandler Companies pays out 23.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameriprise Financial pays out 19.9% 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. Piper Sandler Companies has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Ameriprise Financial has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Ameriprise Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, PIPR or AMP?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Piper Sandler Companies	$1.53B	4.22	$181.11M	$11.85	30.75
Ameriprise Financial	$17.26B	2.70	$3.40B	$32.14	15.39

Which has more risk & volatility, PIPR or AMP?

Piper Sandler Companies has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameriprise Financial has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate PIPR or AMP?

Piper Sandler Companies currently has a consensus price target of $312.50, indicating a potential downside of 14.23%. Ameriprise Financial has a consensus price target of $534.71, indicating a potential upside of 8.09%. Given Ameriprise Financial's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ameriprise 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)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Ameriprise Financial	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13

Is PIPR or AMP more profitable?

Ameriprise Financial has a net margin of 18.30% compared to Piper Sandler Companies' net margin of 13.18%. Ameriprise Financial's return on equity of 65.90% beat Piper Sandler Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Piper Sandler Companies	13.18%	18.67%	12.85%
Ameriprise Financial	18.30%	65.90%	2.02%

Summary

Ameriprise Financial beats Piper Sandler Companies on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.