IBKR vs. RJF, HOOD, NMR, JEF, SEIC, MKTX, AMTD, BLK, SCHW, and GS
Should you be buying Interactive Brokers Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Interactive Brokers Group include Raymond James (RJF), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), Nomura (NMR), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), SEI Investments (SEIC), MarketAxess (MKTX), TD Ameritrade (AMTD), BlackRock (BLK), Charles Schwab (SCHW), and The Goldman Sachs Group (GS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Interactive Brokers Group (NASDAQ:IBKR) and Raymond James (NYSE:RJF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and valuation.
Interactive Brokers Group has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Raymond James has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Raymond James has higher revenue and earnings than Interactive Brokers Group. Raymond James is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Interactive Brokers Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Raymond James received 351 more outperform votes than Interactive Brokers Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.92% of users gave Raymond James an outperform vote while only 55.88% of users gave Interactive Brokers Group an outperform vote.
Interactive Brokers Group pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Raymond James pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Interactive Brokers Group pays out 6.8% 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.
In the previous week, Raymond James had 1 more articles in the media than Interactive Brokers Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Raymond James and 8 mentions for Interactive Brokers Group. Raymond James' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Interactive Brokers Group's score of 0.79 indicating that Raymond James is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Raymond James has a net margin of 12.72% compared to Interactive Brokers Group's net margin of 7.62%. Raymond James' return on equity of 17.94% beat Interactive Brokers Group's return on equity.
Interactive Brokers Group currently has a consensus price target of $124.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.09%. Raymond James has a consensus price target of $126.22, indicating a potential upside of 3.71%. Given Raymond James' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Raymond James is more favorable than Interactive Brokers Group.
23.8% of Interactive Brokers Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Raymond James shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Interactive Brokers Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Raymond James shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Raymond James beats Interactive Brokers Group on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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