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LPL Financial (LPLA) Competitors

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$317.05 +2.52 (+0.80%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

LPLA vs. TROW, TW, RJF, SF, EVR, LAZ, PIPR, BGC, SNEX, and NDAQ

Should you be buying LPL Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LPL Financial include T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), Tradeweb Markets (TW), Raymond James (RJF), Stifel Financial (SF), Evercore (EVR), Lazard (LAZ), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), BGC Group (BGC), StoneX Group (SNEX), and Nasdaq (NDAQ). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

LPL Financial vs.

T. Rowe Price Group (NASDAQ:TROW) and LPL Financial (NASDAQ:LPLA) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking and dividends.

T. Rowe Price Group has a net margin of 30.35% compared to LPL Financial's net margin of 8.73%. LPL Financial's return on equity of 49.47% beat T. Rowe Price Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
T. Rowe Price Group30.35% 20.35% 15.79%
LPL Financial 8.73%49.47%10.63%

In the previous week, T. Rowe Price Group had 5 more articles in the media than LPL Financial. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for T. Rowe Price Group and 13 mentions for LPL Financial. LPL Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat T. Rowe Price Group's score of 1.14 indicating that LPL Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
T. Rowe Price Group
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
LPL Financial
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

T. Rowe Price Group pays an annual dividend of $4.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. LPL Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. T. Rowe Price Group pays out 54.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LPL Financial pays out 9.0% 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. T. Rowe Price Group has increased its dividend for 38 consecutive years. T. Rowe Price Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

T. Rowe Price Group received 107 more outperform votes than LPL Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.16% of users gave LPL Financial an outperform vote while only 51.52% of users gave T. Rowe Price Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
T. Rowe Price GroupOutperform Votes
595
51.52%
Underperform Votes
560
48.48%
LPL FinancialOutperform Votes
488
58.16%
Underperform Votes
351
41.84%

T. Rowe Price Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than LPL Financial. T. Rowe Price Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LPL Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
T. Rowe Price Group$6.46B4.04$1.79B$9.1412.86
LPL Financial$11.52B2.06$1.07B$13.3023.84

T. Rowe Price Group currently has a consensus target price of $115.55, indicating a potential downside of 1.68%. LPL Financial has a consensus target price of $286.92, indicating a potential downside of 9.50%. Given T. Rowe Price Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe T. Rowe Price Group is more favorable than LPL Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
T. Rowe Price Group
4 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.64
LPL Financial
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

T. Rowe Price Group has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LPL Financial has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

73.4% of T. Rowe Price Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of LPL Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of T. Rowe Price Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of LPL Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

T. Rowe Price Group beats LPL Financial on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LPLA vs. The Competition

MetricLPL FinancialSecurity & commodity brokers IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$23.74B$25.40B$10.56B$8.82B
Dividend Yield0.38%1.39%10.16%4.07%
P/E Ratio23.8419.8749.2717.78
Price / Sales2.066.683,463.2374.25
Price / Cash14.9622.7430.4732.53
Price / Book11.535.402.764.68
Net Income$1.07B$907.78M$995.76M$226.08M
7 Day Performance0.75%0.05%-0.34%-2.04%
1 Month Performance22.59%-1.10%1.82%0.06%
1 Year Performance40.84%19.80%23.79%24.60%

LPL Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LPLA
LPL Financial
4.7604 of 5 stars
$317.05
+0.8%
$286.92
-9.5%
+40.8%$23.55B$10.05B23.848,400Positive News
TROW
T. Rowe Price Group
4.7371 of 5 stars
$117.52
-0.4%
$115.55
-1.7%
+18.9%$26.20B$6.46B12.867,906Positive News
TW
Tradeweb Markets
4.3692 of 5 stars
$135.00
+0.4%
$132.38
-1.9%
+44.5%$31.76B$1.34B64.591,179
RJF
Raymond James
4.7205 of 5 stars
$162.18
-0.3%
$140.91
-13.1%
+56.1%$33.49B$14.92B16.7018,000Analyst Revision
Positive News
SF
Stifel Financial
4.7544 of 5 stars
$113.42
+0.2%
$103.17
-9.0%
+84.3%$11.61B$4.69B20.519,000
EVR
Evercore
4.4699 of 5 stars
$301.43
+0.2%
$270.40
-10.3%
+107.3%$11.45B$2.43B38.692,195Insider Trade
Negative News
LAZ
Lazard
4.638 of 5 stars
$54.95
-0.1%
$53.00
-3.5%
+105.0%$6.20B$2.52B21.893,291
PIPR
Piper Sandler Companies
3.4678 of 5 stars
$334.13
-0.4%
$193.00
-42.2%
+118.0%$5.94B$1.35B35.701,725Positive News
BGC
BGC Group
3.2955 of 5 stars
$10.13
-2.2%
N/A+128.7%$4.97B$2.03B40.523,895News Coverage
SNEX
StoneX Group
3.1643 of 5 stars
$102.74
+6.2%
N/A+70.6%$3.07B$99.89B12.914,000Positive News
NDAQ
Nasdaq
4.8016 of 5 stars
$80.08
-0.1%
$80.87
+1.0%
+47.9%$46.07B$6.06B47.958,525Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:LPLA) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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