Broadstone Net Lease (BNL) Competitors

Jefferies Financial Group (NYSE:JEF) and Broadstone Net Lease (NYSE:BNL) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.

Which has more volatility and risk, JEF or BNL?

Jefferies Financial Group has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Broadstone Net Lease has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, JEF or BNL?

Jefferies Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Broadstone Net Lease. Jefferies Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Broadstone Net Lease, 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	$10.44B	0.97	$743.38M	$2.89	16.97
Broadstone Net Lease	$431.80M	7.32	$155.48M	$0.87	19.25

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of JEF or BNL?

60.9% of Jefferies Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Broadstone Net Lease shares are held by institutional investors. 19.8% of Jefferies Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Broadstone Net Lease shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is JEF or BNL more profitable?

Broadstone Net Lease has a net margin of 37.62% compared to Jefferies Financial Group's net margin of 10.57%. Jefferies Financial Group's return on equity of 7.92% beat Broadstone Net Lease's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Jefferies Financial Group	10.57%	7.92%	1.26%
Broadstone Net Lease	37.62%	5.10%	3.08%

Do analysts recommend JEF or BNL?

Jefferies Financial Group currently has a consensus target price of $74.50, indicating a potential upside of 51.89%. Broadstone Net Lease has a consensus target price of $18.83, indicating a potential upside of 12.44%. Given Jefferies Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Jefferies Financial Group is more favorable than Broadstone Net Lease.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Jefferies Financial Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Broadstone Net Lease	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Does the media favor JEF or BNL?

In the previous week, Jefferies Financial Group had 48 more articles in the media than Broadstone Net Lease. MarketBeat recorded 58 mentions for Jefferies Financial Group and 10 mentions for Broadstone Net Lease. Broadstone Net Lease's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Jefferies Financial Group's score of 0.66 indicating that Broadstone Net Lease is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Jefferies Financial Group	25 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	8 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Broadstone Net Lease	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is JEF or BNL a better dividend stock?

Jefferies Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Broadstone Net Lease pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Jefferies Financial Group pays out 55.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Broadstone Net Lease pays out 133.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer JEF or BNL?

Jefferies Financial Group received 596 more outperform votes than Broadstone Net Lease when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.45% of users gave Jefferies Financial Group an outperform vote while only 35.29% of users gave Broadstone Net Lease an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Jefferies Financial Group	Outperform Votes 620 53.45%	Underperform Votes 540 46.55%
Broadstone Net Lease	Outperform Votes 24 35.29%	Underperform Votes 44 64.71%

Summary

Jefferies Financial Group beats Broadstone Net Lease on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.