RJF vs. LPLA, AMP, EQH, MET, MS, PFG, PRU, SCHW, SF, and EVR
Should you be buying Raymond James Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Raymond James Financial include LPL Financial (LPLA), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Equitable (EQH), MetLife (MET), Morgan Stanley (MS), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Prudential Financial (PRU), Charles Schwab (SCHW), Stifel Financial (SF), and Evercore (EVR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Raymond James Financial vs. Its Competitors
LPL Financial (NASDAQ:LPLA) and Raymond James Financial (NYSE:RJF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.
LPL Financial presently has a consensus target price of $391.67, indicating a potential upside of 15.41%. Raymond James Financial has a consensus target price of $163.80, indicating a potential downside of 5.82%. Given LPL Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe LPL Financial is more favorable than Raymond James Financial.
Raymond James Financial has a net margin of 13.56% compared to LPL Financial's net margin of 7.91%. LPL Financial's return on equity of 39.80% beat Raymond James Financial's return on equity.
In the previous week, Raymond James Financial had 1 more articles in the media than LPL Financial. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Raymond James Financial and 19 mentions for LPL Financial. Raymond James Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat LPL Financial's score of 1.18 indicating that Raymond James Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
95.7% of LPL Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Raymond James Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of LPL Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Raymond James Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
LPL Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Raymond James Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. LPL Financial pays out 8.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Raymond James Financial pays out 19.6% 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. Raymond James Financial has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Raymond James Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Raymond James Financial has higher revenue and earnings than LPL Financial. Raymond James Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LPL Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
LPL Financial has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Raymond James Financial has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
LPL Financial and Raymond James Financial tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:RJF) was last updated on 9/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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