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

Company Overview

Raymond James Financial is a diversified financial services firm headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. Founded in 1962, the company provides a range of services to individual investors, businesses and institutions through a combination of wealth management, capital markets, investment banking, asset management, banking and trust services. Its business model centers on a network of financial advisors and broker-dealer operations that deliver personalized financial planning, investment advisory services and brokerage solutions.

The firm’s core offerings include private client wealth management delivered by independent and employee advisors, equity and fixed-income research, institutional sales and trading, and investment banking services such as mergers and acquisitions advisory and capital raising. Raymond James also provides asset management through mutual funds and separate account strategies, trust and custody services, and private banking products. Its capital markets operations support corporate issuers and institutional investors across underwriting, syndication and secondary market trading.

Raymond James operates primarily in the United States and Canada, with additional offices and client coverage in selected international markets to support its capital markets and institutional businesses. The company serves a broad client base that ranges from retail investors seeking financial planning to corporations and institutional clients requiring complex financial and advisory solutions. Over its history the firm has grown from a regional brokerage into a multi-faceted financial services organization while maintaining a focus on advisor-led client relationships and research-driven investment services.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $151.99 to $154.35
• 50-Day Range: $140.80 to $159.64
• 52-Week Range: $138.82 to $177.66
• Volume: 781,255 shs
• Average Volume: 1.46 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $30.01 billion
• P/E Ratio: 14.56
• Dividend Yield: 1.40%
• Price Target: $173.25
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Raymond James Financial Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Raymond James Financial scored higher than 87% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 235th out of 885 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: 3.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Raymond James Financial has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.31, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 9 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Raymond James Financial has a consensus price target of $173.25, representing about 12.5% upside from its current price of $154.00.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Raymond James Financial has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 14.62%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Raymond James Financial are expected to grow by 14.62% in the coming year, from $11.83 to $13.56 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Raymond James Financial is 14.56, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.36.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Raymond James Financial is 14.56, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 23.13.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Raymond James Financial has a PEG Ratio of 1.18. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Raymond James Financial has a P/B Ratio of 2.38. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.64% 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 5.2.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Raymond James Financial has recently increased by 3.64%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Raymond James Financial pays a meaningful dividend of 1.41%, 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 20.42%. 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 15.93% next year. This indicates that Raymond James Financial will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.13

News Sentiment

Raymond James Financial has a news sentiment score of 1.13. 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 higher news sentiment than the 0.74 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 12 news articles for Raymond James Financial this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

2 people have searched for RJF on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added Raymond James Financial to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% 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 $4,206,289.00 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

• Record date for 4/15 Dividend: 4/01/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 4/15 Dividend: 4/01/2026
• Dividend Payable: 4/15/2026
• Last Earnings: 4/22/2026
• Today: 5/14/2026
• Investor Day 2026: 5/27/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 7/22/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 9/30/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: FIN - INVEST BKRS
• 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: $173.25
• High Price Target: $196.00
• Low Price Target: $145.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +12.5%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.31
• Research Coverage: 13 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $10.58
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 14.56
• Forward P/E Ratio: 13.02
• P/E Growth: 1.18
• Net Income: $2.14 billion
• Net Margins: 13.04%
• Pretax Margin: 16.74%
• Return on Equity: 17.93%
• Return on Assets: 2.52%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.44
• Current Ratio: 1.07
• Quick Ratio: 1.05

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $15.91 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.89
• Cash Flow: $11.98 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 12.85
• Book Value: $64.71 per share
• Price / Book: 2.38

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 194,880,000
• Free Float: 193,753,000
• Market Cap: $30.01 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.99