LPLA vs. RJF, SF, EVR, LAZ, PIPR, BGC, OPY, FBRC, MS, and GS
Should you be buying LPL Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LPL Financial include Raymond James (RJF), Stifel Financial (SF), Evercore (EVR), Lazard (LAZ), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), BGC Group (BGC), Oppenheimer (OPY), FBR & Co. (FBRC), Morgan Stanley (MS), and The Goldman Sachs Group (GS). These companies are all part of the "investment banking & brokerage" industry.
LPL Financial vs.
Raymond James (NYSE:RJF) and LPL Financial (NASDAQ:LPLA) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and profitability.
Raymond James has a net margin of 14.06% compared to LPL Financial's net margin of 8.55%. LPL Financial's return on equity of 49.41% beat Raymond James' return on equity.
83.8% of Raymond James shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of LPL Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Raymond James shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of LPL Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Raymond James has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LPL Financial has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Raymond James pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. LPL Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Raymond James pays out 19.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LPL Financial pays out 8.5% 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 30 more articles in the media than LPL Financial. MarketBeat recorded 68 mentions for Raymond James and 38 mentions for LPL Financial. Raymond James' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat LPL Financial's score of 0.90 indicating that Raymond James is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Raymond James presently has a consensus target price of $160.27, indicating a potential upside of 18.65%. LPL Financial has a consensus target price of $369.83, indicating a potential upside of 19.02%. Given LPL Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe LPL Financial is more favorable than Raymond James.
Raymond James has higher revenue and earnings than LPL Financial. Raymond James is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LPL Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Raymond James received 249 more outperform votes than LPL Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.95% of users gave LPL Financial an outperform vote while only 57.67% of users gave Raymond James an outperform vote.
Summary
LPL Financial beats Raymond James on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LPLA) was last updated on 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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