MKTX vs. SF, SEIC, JEF, FUTU, FRHC, PIPR, VIRT, HOOD, AMTD, and NMR
Should you be buying MarketAxess stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MarketAxess include Stifel Financial (SF), SEI Investments (SEIC), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), Futu (FUTU), Freedom (FRHC), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), TD Ameritrade (AMTD), and Nomura (NMR).
MarketAxess (NASDAQ:MKTX) and Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.
MarketAxess has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stifel Financial has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
99.0% of MarketAxess shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of Stifel Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of MarketAxess shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Stifel Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Stifel Financial has higher revenue and earnings than MarketAxess. Stifel Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MarketAxess, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MarketAxess has a net margin of 34.29% compared to Stifel Financial's net margin of 11.34%. MarketAxess' return on equity of 21.76% beat Stifel Financial's return on equity.
MarketAxess pays an annual dividend of $2.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Stifel Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. MarketAxess pays out 43.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stifel Financial pays out 38.2% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
MarketAxess received 65 more outperform votes than Stifel Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.46% of users gave Stifel Financial an outperform vote while only 46.65% of users gave MarketAxess an outperform vote.
MarketAxess presently has a consensus price target of $252.80, indicating a potential upside of 23.03%. Stifel Financial has a consensus price target of $84.50, indicating a potential upside of 3.67%. Given MarketAxess' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe MarketAxess is more favorable than Stifel Financial.
In the previous week, MarketAxess and MarketAxess both had 8 articles in the media. MarketAxess' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Stifel Financial's score of 0.37 indicating that MarketAxess is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
MarketAxess beats Stifel Financial on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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