RJF vs. LPLA, EVR, SF, 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), Evercore (EVR), Stifel Financial (SF), 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.
LPL Financial (NASDAQ:LPLA) and Raymond James (NYSE:RJF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.
LPL Financial has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Raymond James has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Raymond James received 168 more outperform votes than LPL Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.67% of users gave Raymond James an outperform vote while only 58.29% of users gave LPL Financial an outperform vote.
LPL Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Raymond James pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. LPL Financial pays out 9.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Raymond James pays out 21.8% 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 price target of $282.55, indicating a potential upside of 27.71%. Raymond James has a consensus price target of $129.89, indicating a potential upside of 11.32%. Given Raymond James' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe LPL Financial is more favorable than Raymond James.
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.
Raymond James has a net margin of 13.16% compared to Raymond James' net margin of 9.71%. Raymond James' return on equity of 55.22% beat LPL Financial's return on equity.
In the previous week, LPL Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Raymond James. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for LPL Financial and 32 mentions for Raymond James. Raymond James' average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat LPL Financial's score of 0.65 indicating that LPL Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
95.7% of LPL Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Raymond James shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of LPL Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Raymond James shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
LPL Financial beats Raymond James on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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