Victory Capital (VCTR) Competitors

Jefferies Financial Group (NYSE:JEF) and Victory Capital (NASDAQ:VCTR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate JEF or VCTR?

Jefferies Financial Group presently has a consensus price target of $81.67, suggesting a potential upside of 7.82%. Victory Capital has a consensus price target of $65.11, suggesting a potential downside of 1.62%. Given Jefferies Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Jefferies Financial Group is more favorable than Victory Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Jefferies Financial Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Victory Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, JEF or VCTR?

Jefferies Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Victory Capital. Victory Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jefferies Financial Group, 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
Jefferies Financial Group	$7.03B	2.21	$277.69M	$2.98	25.42
Victory Capital	$866.90M	4.96	$213.16M	$4.02	16.46

Does the media prefer JEF or VCTR?

In the previous week, Jefferies Financial Group had 6 more articles in the media than Victory Capital. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Jefferies Financial Group and 10 mentions for Victory Capital. Jefferies Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Victory Capital's score of 0.63 indicating that Jefferies Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Jefferies Financial Group	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Victory Capital	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor JEF or VCTR?

Jefferies Financial Group received 366 more outperform votes than Victory Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.40% of users gave Victory Capital an outperform vote while only 53.65% of users gave Jefferies Financial Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Jefferies Financial Group	Outperform Votes 573 53.65%	Underperform Votes 495 46.35%
Victory Capital	Outperform Votes 207 56.40%	Underperform Votes 160 43.60%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of JEF or VCTR?

60.9% of Jefferies Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.7% of Victory Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.4% of Jefferies Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of Victory Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is JEF or VCTR a better dividend stock?

Jefferies Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Victory Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Jefferies Financial Group pays out 47.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Victory Capital pays out 43.8% 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. Victory Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, JEF or VCTR?

Jefferies Financial Group has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Victory Capital has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is JEF or VCTR more profitable?

Victory Capital has a net margin of 30.82% compared to Jefferies Financial Group's net margin of 10.57%. Victory Capital's return on equity of 29.92% beat Jefferies Financial Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Jefferies Financial Group	10.57%	7.97%	1.27%
Victory Capital	30.82%	29.92%	12.99%

Summary

Jefferies Financial Group and Victory Capital tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.