XP (XP) Competitors

Raymond James (NYSE:RJF) and XP (NASDAQ:XP) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation and risk.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in RJF or XP?

83.8% of Raymond James shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.2% of XP shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Raymond James shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate RJF or XP?

Raymond James currently has a consensus price target of $157.64, suggesting a potential upside of 14.64%. XP has a consensus price target of $20.29, suggesting a potential upside of 27.14%. Given XP's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe XP is more favorable than Raymond James.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Raymond James	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
XP	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Is RJF or XP a better dividend stock?

Raymond James pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. XP pays an annual dividend of $0.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Raymond James pays out 19.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. XP pays out 42.8% 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.

Is RJF or XP more profitable?

XP has a net margin of 26.41% compared to Raymond James' net margin of 14.06%. XP's return on equity of 21.74% beat Raymond James' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Raymond James	14.06%	19.71%	2.74%
XP	26.41%	21.74%	1.44%

Does the media refer more to RJF or XP?

In the previous week, Raymond James had 72 more articles in the media than XP. MarketBeat recorded 80 mentions for Raymond James and 8 mentions for XP. Raymond James' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat XP's score of 0.00 indicating that Raymond James is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Raymond James	35 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	26 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
XP	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, RJF or XP?

Raymond James has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XP has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RJF or XP?

Raymond James received 735 more outperform votes than XP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.62% of users gave Raymond James an outperform vote while only 43.10% of users gave XP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Raymond James	Outperform Votes 760 57.62%	Underperform Votes 559 42.38%
XP	Outperform Votes 25 43.10%	Underperform Votes 33 56.90%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, RJF or XP?

Raymond James has higher revenue and earnings than XP. XP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Raymond James, 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
Raymond James	$13.15B	2.14	$2.07B	$10.39	13.23
XP	$3.17B	2.77	$780.91M	$1.52	10.50

Summary

Raymond James beats XP on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.