Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR) Competitors

Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE:PIPR) and Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, community ranking and media sentiment.

Do analysts rate PIPR or SF?

Piper Sandler Companies currently has a consensus price target of $286.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.13%. Stifel Financial has a consensus price target of $105.71, indicating a potential upside of 27.63%. Given Stifel Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Stifel Financial is more favorable than Piper Sandler Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Piper Sandler Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Stifel Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has more volatility and risk, PIPR or SF?

Piper Sandler Companies has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stifel Financial has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Is PIPR or SF more profitable?

Stifel Financial has a net margin of 14.00% compared to Piper Sandler Companies' net margin of 11.87%. Piper Sandler Companies' return on equity of 17.00% beat Stifel Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Piper Sandler Companies	11.87%	17.00%	11.86%
Stifel Financial	14.00%	16.59%	2.04%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PIPR or SF?

Piper Sandler Companies received 192 more outperform votes than Stifel Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.18% of users gave Piper Sandler Companies an outperform vote while only 54.91% of users gave Stifel Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Piper Sandler Companies	Outperform Votes 477 56.18%	Underperform Votes 372 43.82%
Stifel Financial	Outperform Votes 285 54.91%	Underperform Votes 234 45.09%

Which has better earnings and valuation, PIPR or SF?

Stifel Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Piper Sandler Companies. Stifel Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Piper Sandler Companies, 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
Piper Sandler Companies	$1.48B	2.75	$181.11M	$10.22	22.36
Stifel Financial	$4.91B	1.75	$731.38M	$6.24	13.27

Does the media prefer PIPR or SF?

In the previous week, Stifel Financial had 17 more articles in the media than Piper Sandler Companies. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Stifel Financial and 11 mentions for Piper Sandler Companies. Piper Sandler Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Stifel Financial's score of 0.88 indicating that Piper Sandler Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Piper Sandler Companies	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Stifel Financial	8 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in PIPR or SF?

72.8% of Piper Sandler Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of Stifel Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Piper Sandler Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Stifel Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is PIPR or SF a better dividend stock?

Piper Sandler Companies pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Stifel Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Piper Sandler Companies pays out 25.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stifel Financial pays out 29.5% 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.

Summary

Piper Sandler Companies and Stifel Financial tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.