HOOD vs. LPLA, BEN, ETFC, HLI, IBKR, RJF, NMR, JEF, SEIC, and SF
Should you be buying Robinhood Markets stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Robinhood Markets include LPL Financial (LPLA), Franklin Resources (BEN), E*TRADE Financial (ETFC), Houlihan Lokey (HLI), Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR), Raymond James (RJF), Nomura (NMR), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), SEI Investments (SEIC), and Stifel Financial (SF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
LPL Financial (NASDAQ:LPLA) and Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ:HOOD) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.
95.7% of LPL Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of Robinhood Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of LPL Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of Robinhood Markets shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
LPL Financial received 426 more outperform votes than Robinhood Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.32% of users gave LPL Financial an outperform vote while only 29.01% of users gave Robinhood Markets an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Robinhood Markets had 4 more articles in the media than LPL Financial. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Robinhood Markets and 35 mentions for LPL Financial. LPL Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Robinhood Markets' score of 0.17 indicating that Robinhood Markets is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
LPL Financial currently has a consensus target price of $276.20, suggesting a potential downside of 1.32%. Robinhood Markets has a consensus target price of $19.75, suggesting a potential downside of 6.31%. Given Robinhood Markets' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe LPL Financial is more favorable than Robinhood Markets.
LPL Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Robinhood Markets. LPL Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Robinhood Markets, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
LPL Financial has a net margin of 9.71% compared to LPL Financial's net margin of 6.22%. Robinhood Markets' return on equity of 55.22% beat LPL Financial's return on equity.
LPL Financial has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Robinhood Markets has a beta of 1.74, indicating that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
LPL Financial beats Robinhood Markets on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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