RJF vs. SF, NMR, HOOD, JEF, SEIC, MKTX, IBKR, TW, WTW, and PUK
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), Tradeweb Markets (TW), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), and Prudential (PUK). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Raymond James (NYSE:RJF) and Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and risk.
In the previous week, Stifel Financial had 4 more articles in the media than Raymond James. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Stifel Financial and 7 mentions for Raymond James. Stifel Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Raymond James' score of 0.54 indicating that Stifel Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Raymond James received 365 more outperform votes than Stifel Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.03% of users gave Raymond James an outperform vote while only 55.46% of users gave Stifel Financial an outperform vote.
83.8% of Raymond James shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of Stifel Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 9.7% of Raymond James shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Stifel Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Raymond James currently has a consensus price target of $126.22, suggesting a potential upside of 0.66%. Stifel Financial has a consensus price target of $84.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1.62%. Given Stifel Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Stifel Financial is more favorable than Raymond James.
Raymond James has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stifel Financial has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Raymond James has a net margin of 12.72% compared to Stifel Financial's net margin of 11.34%. Raymond James' return on equity of 18.24% 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.
Raymond James pays an annual dividend of $1.80 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 2.0%. Raymond James pays out 21.8% 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.
Summary
Raymond James beats Stifel Financial on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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