XP (XP) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to XP or RJF?

In the previous week, Raymond James had 31 more articles in the media than XP. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Raymond James and 9 mentions for XP. Raymond James' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat XP's score of 0.00 indicating that Raymond James is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
XP	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Raymond James	26 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, XP or RJF?

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
XP	$3.17B	0.00	$780.91M	$1.52	N/A
Raymond James	$13.15B	1.92	$2.07B	$10.25	12.05

Is XP or RJF a better dividend stock?

XP pays an annual dividend of $0.65 per share. Raymond James pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. XP pays out 42.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Raymond James pays out 19.5% 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. Raymond James is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk & volatility, XP or RJF?

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in XP or RJF?

59.2% of XP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Raymond James shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Raymond James shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in XP or RJF?

Raymond James received 729 more outperform votes than XP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.73% of users gave Raymond James an outperform vote while only 43.10% of users gave XP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
XP	Outperform Votes 25 43.10%	Underperform Votes 33 56.90%
Raymond James	Outperform Votes 754 57.73%	Underperform Votes 552 42.27%

Is XP or RJF 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
XP	26.41%	21.74%	1.44%
Raymond James	14.06%	19.71%	2.74%

Do analysts prefer XP or RJF?

XP currently has a consensus price target of $20.29, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Raymond James has a consensus price target of $164.64, suggesting a potential upside of 33.30%. Given Raymond James' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Raymond James is more favorable than XP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
XP	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Raymond James	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42

Summary

Raymond James beats XP on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.