JEF vs. ARES, HOOD, OWL, TPL, VICI, BAM, TPG, CG, NMR, and DOC
Should you be buying Jefferies Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jefferies Financial Group include Ares Management (ARES), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), Texas Pacific Land (TPL), VICI Properties (VICI), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), TPG (TPG), The Carlyle Group (CG), Nomura (NMR), and Healthpeak Properties (DOC). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Jefferies Financial Group vs.
Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) and Jefferies Financial Group (NYSE:JEF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, Jefferies Financial Group had 3 more articles in the media than Ares Management. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Jefferies Financial Group and 15 mentions for Ares Management. Jefferies Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Ares Management's score of 0.63 indicating that Jefferies Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
50.0% of Ares Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.9% of Jefferies Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 41.9% of Ares Management shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of Jefferies Financial Group 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.
Ares Management pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Jefferies Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Ares Management pays out 171.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Jefferies Financial Group pays out 47.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Ares Management has a net margin of 12.51% compared to Jefferies Financial Group's net margin of 10.57%. Ares Management's return on equity of 19.89% beat Jefferies Financial Group's return on equity.
Ares Management currently has a consensus price target of $171.92, suggesting a potential downside of 10.32%. Jefferies Financial Group has a consensus price target of $81.67, suggesting a potential upside of 7.82%. Given Jefferies Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Jefferies Financial Group is more favorable than Ares Management.
Ares Management has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jefferies Financial Group has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ares Management received 23 more outperform votes than Jefferies Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.70% of users gave Ares Management an outperform vote while only 53.64% of users gave Jefferies Financial Group an outperform vote.
Ares Management has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Jefferies Financial Group. Jefferies Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ares Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ares Management beats Jefferies Financial Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:JEF) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
