Raymond James Financial (RJF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Raymond James Financial, Inc. is a diversified financial services company headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. Through its subsidiaries and affiliated advisors, the company provides wealth management, investment banking, capital markets, asset management, and banking services to individuals, corporations, institutions, and municipalities.

Its wealth management operations serve clients through employee advisors and independent financial advisors, offering investment planning, brokerage, retirement planning, insurance, and related advisory services. Raymond James also provides equity and fixed-income research, securities underwriting, mergers and acquisitions advice, institutional sales and trading, municipal finance, and lending and deposit products through its banking operations.

Founded in 1962, Raymond James has expanded from a U.S. investment firm into an international financial services organization. Its businesses serve clients in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and selected other European markets through brands and subsidiaries including Raymond James & Associates, Raymond James Financial Services, Raymond James Ltd., and Raymond James Investment Management. Paul C. Shoukry serves as president and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $154.88 to $156.32
• 50-Day Range: $156.90 to $181.09
• 52-Week Range: $138.82 to $182.73
• Volume: 284,467 shs
• Average Volume: 1.34 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $30.01 billion
• P/E Ratio: 13.59
• Dividend Yield: 1.38%
• Price Target: $178.85
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Raymond James Financial Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Raymond James Financial scored higher than 98% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 85th out of 851 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Raymond James Financial has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, 10 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Raymond James Financial has a consensus price target of $178.85, representing about 15.2% upside from its current price of $155.28.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Raymond James Financial has been the subject of 13 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 16.95%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Raymond James Financial are expected to grow by 16.95% in the coming year, from $12.15 to $14.21 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Raymond James Financial is 13.54, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.83.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Raymond James Financial is 13.54, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.61.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Raymond James Financial has a PEG Ratio of 0.81. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Raymond James Financial has a P/B Ratio of 2.49. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.43% of the float of Raymond James Financial has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Raymond James Financial has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.35.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Raymond James Financial has recently decreased by 13.04%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Raymond James Financial pays a meaningful dividend of 1.36%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Raymond James Financial has only been increasing its dividend for 3 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Raymond James Financial is 18.83%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Raymond James Financial will have a dividend payout ratio of 15.20% next year. This indicates that Raymond James Financial will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.07

News Sentiment

Raymond James Financial has a news sentiment score of 0.07. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.65 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for Raymond James Financial this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

10 people have searched for RJF on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 150% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 2 people have added Raymond James Financial to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -33% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Raymond James Financial insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $4,090,637.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.58% of the stock of Raymond James Financial is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

83.83% of the stock of Raymond James Financial is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/22/2026
• Record date for 10/15 Dividend: 10/01/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/15 Dividend: 10/01/2026
• Today: 10/14/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/15/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/28/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 9/30/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Capital Markets
• Sub-Industry: Investment Banking & Brokerage
• Current Symbol: NYSE:RJF
• CIK: 720005
• Web: www.raymondjames.com
• Phone: 727-567-1000
• Fax: 727-573-8247
• Employees: 19,500
• Year Founded: 1962

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Raymond James Financial: $178.85
• High Price Target: $205.00
• Low Price Target: $145.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +14.6%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 15 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $11.47
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 13.59
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.84
• P/E Growth: 0.81
• Net Income: $2.14 billion
• Net Margins: 13.57%
• Pretax Margin: 17.33%
• Return on Equity: 19.07%
• Return on Assets: 2.64%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.43
• Current Ratio: 1.06
• Quick Ratio: 1.03

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $15.91 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.89
• Cash Flow: $11.75 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 13.28
• Book Value: $62.32 per share
• Price / Book: 2.50

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 192,360,000
• Free Float: 191,246,000
• Market Cap: $30.01 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.94