RJF vs. SF, NMR, HOOD, JEF, SEIC, MKTX, IBKR, WTW, FITB, and TROW
Should you be buying Raymond James stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Raymond James include Stifel Financial (SF), Nomura (NMR), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), SEI Investments (SEIC), MarketAxess (MKTX), Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), and T. Rowe Price Group (TROW). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) and Raymond James (NYSE:RJF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, profitability and risk.
In the previous week, Raymond James had 11 more articles in the media than Stifel Financial. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Raymond James and 16 mentions for Stifel Financial. Raymond James' average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Stifel Financial's score of 0.22 indicating that Stifel Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Raymond James has a net margin of 12.72% compared to Raymond James' net margin of 11.34%. Stifel Financial's return on equity of 18.24% beat Raymond James' return on equity.
Stifel Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Raymond James pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Stifel Financial pays out 38.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Raymond James pays out 21.8% 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 increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years and Raymond James has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Stifel Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Stifel Financial presently has a consensus price target of $84.50, suggesting a potential upside of 5.82%. Raymond James has a consensus price target of $126.22, suggesting a potential upside of 3.00%. Given Raymond James' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Stifel Financial is more favorable than Raymond James.
Stifel Financial has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Raymond James has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Raymond James received 358 more outperform votes than Stifel Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.15% of users gave Raymond James an outperform vote while only 55.46% of users gave Stifel Financial an outperform vote.
82.0% of Stifel Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Raymond James shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Stifel Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Raymond James shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Raymond James beats Stifel Financial on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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