EVR vs. RJF, LPLA, SF, LAZ, BGC, PIPR, OPY, FBRC, MS, and GS
Should you be buying Evercore stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Evercore include Raymond James (RJF), LPL Financial (LPLA), Stifel Financial (SF), Lazard (LAZ), BGC Group (BGC), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), Oppenheimer (OPY), FBR & Co. (FBRC), Morgan Stanley (MS), and The Goldman Sachs Group (GS). These companies are all part of the "investment banking & brokerage" industry.
Raymond James (NYSE:RJF) and Evercore (NYSE:EVR) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Raymond James had 4 more articles in the media than Evercore. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Raymond James and 5 mentions for Evercore. Evercore's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Raymond James' score of 0.55 indicating that Raymond James is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Raymond James received 130 more outperform votes than Evercore when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.88% of users gave Evercore an outperform vote while only 58.92% of users gave Raymond James an outperform vote.
83.8% of Raymond James shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.2% of Evercore shares are held by institutional investors. 9.7% of Raymond James shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Evercore shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Raymond James has a net margin of 12.72% compared to Raymond James' net margin of 10.53%. Evercore's return on equity of 17.94% beat Raymond James' return on equity.
Raymond James presently has a consensus target price of $126.22, suggesting a potential upside of 2.25%. Evercore has a consensus target price of $180.67, suggesting a potential downside of 10.56%. Given Evercore's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Raymond James is more favorable than Evercore.
Raymond James has higher revenue and earnings than Evercore. Raymond James is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Evercore, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Raymond James pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Evercore pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Raymond James pays out 21.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Evercore pays out 47.7% 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. Raymond James has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Evercore has raised its dividend for 17 consecutive years. Evercore is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Raymond James has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Evercore has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Raymond James beats Evercore on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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