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.
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 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.
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.
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.
Summary
LPL Financial beats Raymond James on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:RJF) was last updated on 6/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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