SF vs. EWBC, AMP, EQH, EVR, GS, JEF, MS, PIPR, RJF, and WBS
Should you be buying Stifel Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stifel Financial include East West Bancorp (EWBC), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Equitable (EQH), Evercore (EVR), The Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), Morgan Stanley (MS), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), Raymond James Financial (RJF), and Webster Financial (WBS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Stifel Financial vs. Its Competitors
East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) and Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
East West Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $120.53, indicating a potential upside of 12.79%. Stifel Financial has a consensus target price of $116.30, indicating a potential upside of 4.82%. Given East West Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe East West Bancorp is more favorable than Stifel Financial.
East West Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Stifel Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. East West Bancorp pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stifel Financial pays out 35.7% 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. East West Bancorp has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years and Stifel Financial has raised its dividend for 9 consecutive years. East West Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
89.5% of East West Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of Stifel Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of East West Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Stifel Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
East West Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Stifel Financial. East West Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stifel Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
East West Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stifel Financial has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Stifel Financial had 3 more articles in the media than East West Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Stifel Financial and 8 mentions for East West Bancorp. Stifel Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat East West Bancorp's score of 0.45 indicating that Stifel Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
East West Bancorp has a net margin of 26.06% compared to Stifel Financial's net margin of 11.90%. East West Bancorp's return on equity of 15.09% beat Stifel Financial's return on equity.
Summary
East West Bancorp beats Stifel Financial on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SF) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
