CIXXF vs. JEF, HLI, HST, REXR, FRHC, HLNE, BRX, STEP, COLD, and RITM
Should you be buying CI Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CI Financial include Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), Houlihan Lokey (HLI), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR), Freedom (FRHC), Hamilton Lane (HLNE), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), StepStone Group (STEP), Americold Realty Trust (COLD), and Rithm Capital (RITM). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
CI Financial vs.
CI Financial (NYSE:CIXXF) and Jefferies Financial Group (NYSE:JEF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Jefferies Financial Group received 620 more outperform votes than CI Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.54% of users gave Jefferies Financial Group an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave CI Financial an outperform vote.
60.9% of Jefferies Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 19.8% of Jefferies Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Jefferies Financial Group has a consensus target price of $74.50, indicating a potential upside of 39.66%. Given Jefferies Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Jefferies Financial Group is more favorable than CI Financial.
Jefferies Financial Group has a net margin of 10.57% compared to CI Financial's net margin of -2.28%. CI Financial's return on equity of 57.73% beat Jefferies Financial Group's return on equity.
Jefferies Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than CI Financial. CI Financial 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.
CI Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Jefferies Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. CI Financial pays out -26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jefferies Financial Group pays out 53.7% 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, Jefferies Financial Group had 44 more articles in the media than CI Financial. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Jefferies Financial Group and 2 mentions for CI Financial. Jefferies Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat CI Financial's score of -0.70 indicating that Jefferies Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CI Financial has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jefferies Financial Group has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Jefferies Financial Group beats CI Financial on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CIXXF) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
