RJF vs. LPLA, SF, EVR, LAZ, BGC, PIPR, OPY, FBRC, MS, and GS
Should you be buying Raymond James stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Raymond James include LPL Financial (LPLA), Stifel Financial (SF), Evercore (EVR), Lazard (LAZ), BGC Group (BGC), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), Oppenheimer (OPY), FBR & Co. (FBRC), Morgan Stanley (MS), and The Goldman Sachs Group (GS). These companies are all part of the "investment banking & brokerage" industry.
Raymond James vs.
LPL Financial (NASDAQ:LPLA) and Raymond James (NYSE:RJF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings and risk.
Raymond James has higher revenue and earnings than LPL Financial. Raymond James is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LPL Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
95.7% of LPL Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Raymond James shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of LPL Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Raymond James shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
LPL Financial has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Raymond James has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Raymond James has a net margin of 14.06% compared to LPL Financial's net margin of 8.55%. LPL Financial's return on equity of 49.41% beat Raymond James' return on equity.
In the previous week, Raymond James had 25 more articles in the media than LPL Financial. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Raymond James and 24 mentions for LPL Financial. LPL Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Raymond James' score of 0.93 indicating that LPL Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Raymond James received 256 more outperform votes than LPL Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.95% of users gave LPL Financial an outperform vote while only 57.41% of users gave Raymond James an outperform vote.
LPL Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Raymond James pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. LPL Financial pays out 8.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Raymond James pays out 19.2% 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.
LPL Financial presently has a consensus target price of $369.83, suggesting a potential upside of 10.87%. Raymond James has a consensus target price of $153.82, suggesting a potential upside of 8.48%. Given LPL Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe LPL Financial is more favorable than Raymond James.
Summary
LPL Financial beats Raymond James on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:RJF) was last updated on 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
