VIRT vs. PIPR, FRHC, NAVI, WT, TIGR, MKTX, SF, SEIC, JEF, and CNS
Should you be buying Virtu Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virtu Financial include Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), Freedom (FRHC), Navient (NAVI), WisdomTree (WT), UP Fintech (TIGR), MarketAxess (MKTX), Stifel Financial (SF), SEI Investments (SEIC), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), and Cohen & Steers (CNS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE:PIPR) and Virtu Financial (NASDAQ:VIRT) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and profitability.
Piper Sandler Companies pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Virtu Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Piper Sandler Companies pays out 40.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Virtu Financial pays out 67.1% 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.
In the previous week, Piper Sandler Companies had 2 more articles in the media than Virtu Financial. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Piper Sandler Companies and 11 mentions for Virtu Financial. Piper Sandler Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Virtu Financial's score of 0.76 indicating that Virtu Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Piper Sandler Companies has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virtu Financial has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Virtu Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Piper Sandler Companies. Virtu Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Piper Sandler Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
72.8% of Piper Sandler Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.8% of Virtu Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Piper Sandler Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.8% of Virtu Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Piper Sandler Companies has a net margin of 7.33% compared to Piper Sandler Companies' net margin of 6.04%. Piper Sandler Companies' return on equity of 17.33% beat Virtu Financial's return on equity.
Piper Sandler Companies currently has a consensus target price of $181.50, indicating a potential downside of 13.64%. Virtu Financial has a consensus target price of $22.24, indicating a potential downside of 3.33%. Given Piper Sandler Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Virtu Financial is more favorable than Piper Sandler Companies.
Virtu Financial received 1 more outperform votes than Piper Sandler Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.73% of users gave Virtu Financial an outperform vote while only 57.45% of users gave Piper Sandler Companies an outperform vote.
Summary
Virtu Financial beats Piper Sandler Companies on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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