Jefferies Financial Group (JEF) Competitors

Jefferies Financial Group (NYSE:JEF) and VICI Properties (NYSE:VICI) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.

Do analysts prefer JEF or VICI?

Jefferies Financial Group currently has a consensus target price of $66.00, suggesting a potential upside of 54.86%. VICI Properties has a consensus target price of $34.63, suggesting a potential upside of 7.87%. Given Jefferies Financial Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Jefferies Financial Group is more favorable than VICI Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Jefferies Financial Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
VICI Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in JEF or VICI?

Jefferies Financial Group received 324 more outperform votes than VICI Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.87% of users gave VICI Properties an outperform vote while only 53.50% of users gave Jefferies Financial Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Jefferies Financial Group	Outperform Votes 627 53.50%	Underperform Votes 545 46.50%
VICI Properties	Outperform Votes 303 65.87%	Underperform Votes 157 34.13%

Which has more volatility & risk, JEF or VICI?

Jefferies Financial Group has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VICI Properties has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is JEF or VICI more profitable?

VICI Properties has a net margin of 69.59% compared to Jefferies Financial Group's net margin of 10.57%. VICI Properties' return on equity of 10.24% beat Jefferies Financial Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Jefferies Financial Group	10.57%	7.92%	1.26%
VICI Properties	69.59%	10.24%	6.02%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, JEF or VICI?

VICI Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Jefferies Financial Group. VICI Properties 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Jefferies Financial Group	$10.44B	0.84	$743.38M	$2.89	14.75
VICI Properties	$3.85B	8.81	$2.51B	$2.56	12.54

Does the media refer more to JEF or VICI?

In the previous week, Jefferies Financial Group had 47 more articles in the media than VICI Properties. MarketBeat recorded 65 mentions for Jefferies Financial Group and 18 mentions for VICI Properties. VICI Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Jefferies Financial Group's score of 0.43 indicating that VICI Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Jefferies Financial Group	19 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	25 Neutral mention(s)	10 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
VICI Properties	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is JEF or VICI a better dividend stock?

Jefferies Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. VICI Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Jefferies Financial Group pays out 55.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. VICI Properties pays out 67.6% 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.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in JEF or VICI?

60.9% of Jefferies Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.7% of VICI Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 19.8% of Jefferies Financial Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of VICI Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

VICI Properties beats Jefferies Financial Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.