SEI Investments (SEIC) Competitors

SEI Investments (NASDAQ:SEIC) and Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Do analysts recommend SEIC or SF?

SEI Investments presently has a consensus target price of $71.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.91%. Stifel Financial has a consensus target price of $84.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1.89%. Given SEI Investments' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe SEI Investments is more favorable than Stifel Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SEI Investments	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Stifel Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, SEIC or SF?

Stifel Financial has higher revenue and earnings than SEI Investments. SEI Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stifel Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SEI Investments	$1.92B	4.68	$462.26M	$3.66	18.67
Stifel Financial	$4.35B	1.96	$522.54M	$4.40	18.85

Does the media prefer SEIC or SF?

In the previous week, SEI Investments had 15 more articles in the media than Stifel Financial. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for SEI Investments and 5 mentions for Stifel Financial. SEI Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Stifel Financial's score of 0.84 indicating that SEI Investments is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SEI Investments	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Stifel Financial	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SEIC or SF more profitable?

SEI Investments has a net margin of 24.80% compared to Stifel Financial's net margin of 11.34%. SEI Investments' return on equity of 22.91% beat Stifel Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SEI Investments	24.80%	22.91%	19.84%
Stifel Financial	11.34%	12.40%	1.51%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SEIC or SF?

SEI Investments received 109 more outperform votes than Stifel Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.40% of users gave SEI Investments an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave Stifel Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SEI Investments	Outperform Votes 379 59.40%	Underperform Votes 259 40.60%
Stifel Financial	Outperform Votes 270 55.56%	Underperform Votes 216 44.44%

Is SEIC or SF a better dividend stock?

SEI Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Stifel Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. SEI Investments pays out 25.1% 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, SEIC or SF?

SEI Investments 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.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SEIC or SF?

70.6% of SEI Investments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of Stifel Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 14.3% of SEI Investments 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

SEI Investments beats Stifel Financial on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.