PIPR vs. SF, VIRT, FRHC, NAVI, WT, MKTX, JEF, SEIC, TFSL, and GRP.U
Should you be buying Piper Sandler Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Piper Sandler Companies include Stifel Financial (SF), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Freedom (FRHC), Navient (NAVI), WisdomTree (WT), MarketAxess (MKTX), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), SEI Investments (SEIC), TFS Financial (TFSL), and Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (GRP.U). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) and Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE:PIPR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.
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 pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Piper Sandler Companies pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Stifel Financial pays out 39.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Piper Sandler Companies pays out 48.6% 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. Stifel Financial has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Stifel Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Stifel Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Piper Sandler Companies. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Stifel Financial and 6 mentions for Piper Sandler Companies. Piper Sandler Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Stifel Financial's score of 0.49 indicating that Stifel Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
82.0% of Stifel Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of Piper Sandler Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of Stifel Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Piper Sandler Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Stifel Financial currently has a consensus price target of $84.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.20%. Piper Sandler Companies has a consensus price target of $181.50, indicating a potential downside of 2.30%. Given Piper Sandler Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Stifel Financial is more favorable than Piper Sandler Companies.
Piper Sandler Companies received 95 more outperform votes than Stifel Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.44% of users gave Piper Sandler Companies an outperform vote while only 55.37% of users gave Stifel Financial an outperform vote.
Stifel Financial has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Piper Sandler Companies has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Stifel Financial has a net margin of 11.60% compared to Stifel Financial's net margin of 6.33%. Stifel Financial's return on equity of 13.27% beat Piper Sandler Companies' return on equity.
Summary
Stifel Financial beats Piper Sandler Companies on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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