SF vs. RJF, LPLA, EVR, LAZ, PIPR, BGC, OPY, FBRC, MS, and GS
Should you be buying Stifel Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stifel Financial include Raymond James (RJF), LPL Financial (LPLA), Evercore (EVR), Lazard (LAZ), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), BGC Group (BGC), 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.
Stifel Financial vs.
Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) and Raymond James (NYSE:RJF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, profitability and community ranking.
Raymond James has a net margin of 14.06% compared to Stifel Financial's net margin of 14.00%. Raymond James' return on equity of 19.71% beat Stifel Financial's return on equity.
Raymond James has higher revenue and earnings than Stifel Financial. Raymond James is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stifel Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
82.0% of Stifel Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Raymond James shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Stifel Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Raymond James shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Stifel Financial has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Raymond James has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Stifel Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Raymond James pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Stifel Financial pays out 35.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Raymond James pays out 19.2% 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. Stifel Financial has raised its dividend for 9 consecutive years and Raymond James has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Stifel Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Stifel Financial currently has a consensus price target of $105.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.17%. Raymond James has a consensus price target of $153.82, indicating a potential upside of 0.72%. Given Stifel Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Stifel Financial is more favorable than Raymond James.
In the previous week, Raymond James had 43 more articles in the media than Stifel Financial. MarketBeat recorded 59 mentions for Raymond James and 16 mentions for Stifel Financial. Stifel Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Raymond James' score of 1.05 indicating that Stifel Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Raymond James received 478 more outperform votes than Stifel Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.35% of users gave Raymond James an outperform vote while only 55.09% of users gave Stifel Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
Raymond James beats Stifel Financial on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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