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$145.48 -3.13 (-2.11%)
Closing price 06/13/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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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. Its Competitors

Raymond James (NYSE:RJF) and LPL Financial (NASDAQ:LPLA) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Raymond James14.06% 19.71% 2.74%
LPL Financial 8.55%49.41%10.83%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Raymond James$13.43B2.19$2.07B$10.3914.00
LPL Financial$13.22B2.26$1.06B$14.4525.89

Raymond James pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. LPL Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Raymond James pays out 19.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LPL Financial pays out 8.3% 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 has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Raymond James is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Raymond James received 258 more outperform votes than LPL Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.97% of users gave LPL Financial an outperform vote while only 57.45% of users gave Raymond James an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Raymond JamesOutperform Votes
771
57.45%
Underperform Votes
571
42.55%
LPL FinancialOutperform Votes
513
58.97%
Underperform Votes
357
41.03%

Raymond James has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LPL Financial has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

83.8% of Raymond James shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of LPL Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Raymond James shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of LPL Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Raymond James presently has a consensus target price of $153.82, indicating a potential upside of 5.73%. LPL Financial has a consensus target price of $387.69, indicating a potential upside of 3.64%. Given Raymond James' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Raymond James is more favorable than LPL Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Raymond James
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.31
LPL Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92

In the previous week, LPL Financial had 10 more articles in the media than Raymond James. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for LPL Financial and 15 mentions for Raymond James. Raymond James' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat LPL Financial's score of 0.56 indicating that Raymond James is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Raymond James
9 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
LPL Financial
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

LPL Financial beats Raymond James on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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RJF vs. The Competition

MetricRaymond JamesSecurity brokers & dealers IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$29.35B$32.99B$11.61B$19.68B
Dividend Yield1.35%2.59%5.64%3.80%
P/E Ratio14.1915.6522.8234.98
Price / Sales2.196.0226.8142.66
Price / Cash14.0122.5317.6017.51
Price / Book2.522.912.834.78
Net Income$2.07B$1.49B$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.92%-1.86%0.10%0.82%
1 Month Performance-4.82%-0.14%0.02%1.32%
1 Year Performance25.77%35.94%540.97%10.65%

Raymond James Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RJF
Raymond James
4.6368 of 5 stars
$145.48
-2.1%
$153.82
+5.7%
+25.8%$29.35B$13.43B14.1919,000Positive News
LPLA
LPL Financial
4.3953 of 5 stars
$380.39
-2.2%
$387.69
+1.9%
+35.0%$30.42B$13.22B27.096,900Analyst Downgrade
SF
Stifel Financial
4.8668 of 5 stars
$96.67
+0.1%
$105.50
+9.1%
+21.4%$9.93B$5.00B15.499,000
EVR
Evercore
4.4852 of 5 stars
$247.48
+0.8%
$231.00
-6.7%
+21.8%$9.68B$3.09B27.322,120
LAZ
Lazard
4.4125 of 5 stars
$43.95
-2.1%
$44.33
+0.9%
+17.5%$4.96B$2.97B16.523,400Analyst Revision
BGC
BGC Group
3.5581 of 5 stars
$9.78
+1.5%
$14.50
+48.3%
+19.0%$4.77B$2.29B37.623,856
PIPR
Piper Sandler Companies
N/A$263.91
0.0%
$286.00
+8.4%
N/A$4.69B$1.49B25.821,790Positive News
OPY
Oppenheimer
3.2043 of 5 stars
$63.15
-0.3%
N/A+36.7%$664.60M$1.45B9.912,910Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
FBRC
FBR & Co.
N/A$17.55
flat
N/AN/A$124.61MN/A0.00259
MS
Morgan Stanley
4.7702 of 5 stars
$131.95
+0.1%
$132.46
+0.4%
+35.5%$211.69B$59.92B16.6282,400Trending News
Analyst Forecast
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
4.9391 of 5 stars
$613.29
-0.1%
$593.40
-3.2%
+37.2%$188.18B$54.36B15.1248,500Trending News
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This page (NYSE:RJF) was last updated on 6/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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