Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals believe in LPLA or PIPR?

95.7% of LPL Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of Piper Sandler Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of LPL Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Piper Sandler Companies shares are held 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.

Is LPLA or PIPR more profitable?

LPL Financial has a net margin of 9.71% compared to LPL Financial's net margin of 7.33%. Piper Sandler Companies' return on equity of 55.22% beat LPL Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LPL Financial	9.71%	55.22%	11.74%
Piper Sandler Companies	7.33%	13.65%	8.85%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, LPLA or PIPR?

LPL Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Piper Sandler Companies. LPL 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
LPL Financial	$10.93B	1.51	$1.07B	$13.24	16.71
Piper Sandler Companies	$1.35B	3.61	$85.49M	$5.88	46.79

Is LPLA or PIPR a better dividend stock?

LPL Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Piper Sandler Companies pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. LPL Financial pays out 9.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Piper Sandler Companies pays out 40.8% 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 volatility and risk, LPLA or PIPR?

LPL Financial has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Piper Sandler Companies has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor LPLA or PIPR?

In the previous week, LPL Financial had 23 more articles in the media than Piper Sandler Companies. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for LPL Financial and 12 mentions for Piper Sandler Companies. Piper Sandler Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat LPL Financial's score of 0.48 indicating that LPL Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LPL Financial	11 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Piper Sandler Companies	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LPLA or PIPR?

LPL Financial received 98 more outperform votes than Piper Sandler Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.29% of users gave LPL Financial an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave Piper Sandler Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LPL Financial	Outperform Votes 478 58.29%	Underperform Votes 342 41.71%
Piper Sandler Companies	Outperform Votes 380 57.14%	Underperform Votes 285 42.86%

Do analysts rate LPLA or PIPR?

LPL Financial presently has a consensus target price of $282.55, indicating a potential upside of 27.71%. Piper Sandler Companies has a consensus target price of $181.50, indicating a potential downside of 34.04%. Given Piper Sandler Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe LPL Financial is more favorable than Piper Sandler Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LPL Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45
Piper Sandler Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Summary

LPL Financial beats Piper Sandler Companies on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.