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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

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

83.8% of Raymond James Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of LPL Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Raymond James Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of LPL Financial shares are owned 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.

Raymond James Financial has a net margin of 13.99% compared to LPL Financial's net margin of 8.23%. LPL Financial's return on equity of 46.34% beat Raymond James Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Raymond James Financial13.99% 19.31% 2.74%
LPL Financial 8.23%46.34%10.36%

Raymond James Financial has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LPL Financial has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Raymond James Financial$13.43B2.38$2.07B$10.3915.27
LPL Financial$12.39B2.46$1.06B$14.4526.36

Raymond James Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. LPL Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Raymond James Financial 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 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.

In the previous week, Raymond James Financial had 6 more articles in the media than LPL Financial. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Raymond James Financial and 22 mentions for LPL Financial. LPL Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Raymond James Financial's score of 0.88 indicating that LPL Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Raymond James Financial
14 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
LPL Financial
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Raymond James Financial currently has a consensus target price of $158.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.44%. LPL Financial has a consensus target price of $362.31, indicating a potential downside of 4.88%. Given Raymond James Financial's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Raymond James Financial is more favorable than LPL Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Raymond James Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
LPL Financial
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77

Summary

LPL Financial beats Raymond James Financial on 11 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

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 James FinancialFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$31.79B$97.64B$12.01B$20.49B
Dividend Yield1.27%1.91%5.55%3.74%
P/E Ratio15.2717.8520.0027.90
Price / Sales2.385.5225.4639.35
Price / Cash14.2323.0421.4522.25
Price / Book2.823.742.274.59
Net Income$2.07B$6.24B$990.08M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-0.74%-0.90%-0.15%0.11%
1 Month Performance8.06%6.88%2.73%3.55%
1 Year Performance32.44%44.56%540.03%13.79%

Raymond James Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RJF
Raymond James Financial
4.5172 of 5 stars
$158.70
+0.7%
$158.00
-0.4%
+33.7%$31.79B$13.43B15.2719,000Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
LPLA
LPL Financial
4.5385 of 5 stars
$380.74
-0.9%
$387.69
+1.8%
+39.4%$30.45B$12.39B26.359,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
AMP
Ameriprise Financial
4.6344 of 5 stars
$536.13
-1.3%
$517.86
-3.4%
+24.4%$51.05B$17.47B18.2213,600Positive News
Analyst Forecast
EQH
Equitable
4.4989 of 5 stars
$54.62
-1.9%
$62.64
+14.7%
+30.4%$16.60B$12.44B14.848,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MET
MetLife
4.9816 of 5 stars
$79.20
-1.8%
$94.67
+19.5%
+11.8%$53.17B$70.99B12.8845,000Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
MS
Morgan Stanley
4.7447 of 5 stars
$143.76
-0.3%
$133.62
-7.1%
+38.0%$230.64B$59.92B16.8780,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Buyback Announcement
Analyst Revision
PFG
Principal Financial Group
3.8564 of 5 stars
$80.19
-1.0%
$83.69
+4.4%
0.0%$17.98B$15.77B12.0019,300Analyst Forecast
PRU
Prudential Financial
4.9601 of 5 stars
$106.48
-2.4%
$121.15
+13.8%
-10.2%$37.69B$68.05B16.8738,196Analyst Forecast
SCHW
Charles Schwab
4.5759 of 5 stars
$92.62
+1.2%
$89.55
-3.3%
+23.9%$168.29B$19.61B28.0732,100Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
SF
Stifel Financial
3.9 of 5 stars
$107.54
-1.5%
$106.75
-0.7%
+32.6%$11.05B$4.97B20.569,000Analyst Forecast
EVR
Evercore
3.9212 of 5 stars
$283.79
-1.3%
$255.14
-10.1%
+36.5%$11.10B$2.98B27.162,380Analyst Forecast

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