Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR) Competitors $268.70 +0.13 (+0.05%) As of 03/25/2025 03:58 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock PIPR vs. SF, EVR, LAZ, BGC, OPY, FBRC, MS, GS, SCHW, and RJFShould you be buying Piper Sandler Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Piper Sandler Companies include Stifel Financial (SF), Evercore (EVR), Lazard (LAZ), BGC Group (BGC), Oppenheimer (OPY), FBR & Co. (FBRC), Morgan Stanley (MS), The Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Charles Schwab (SCHW), and Raymond James (RJF). These companies are all part of the "investment banking & brokerage" industry. Piper Sandler Companies vs. Stifel Financial Evercore Lazard BGC Group Oppenheimer FBR & Co. Morgan Stanley The Goldman Sachs Group Charles Schwab Raymond James Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE:PIPR) and Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and community ranking. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PIPR or SF? Piper Sandler Companies received 190 more outperform votes than Stifel Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.38% of users gave Piper Sandler Companies an outperform vote while only 55.17% of users gave Stifel Financial an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformPiper Sandler CompaniesOutperform Votes47356.38% Underperform Votes36643.62% Stifel FinancialOutperform Votes28355.17% Underperform Votes23044.83% 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 1.0%. Stifel Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. 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. Do analysts recommend PIPR or SF? Piper Sandler Companies presently has a consensus target price of $286.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.44%. Stifel Financial has a consensus target price of $117.71, indicating a potential upside of 15.51%. 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) 2.00Stifel Financial 0 Sell rating(s) 6 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.25 Which has preferable earnings & 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioPiper Sandler Companies$1.48B3.23$181.11M$10.2226.29Stifel Financial$4.91B2.15$731.38M$6.2416.33 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 Companies11.87% 17.00% 11.86% Stifel Financial 14.00%16.59%2.04% Which has more volatility and risk, PIPR or SF? Piper Sandler Companies has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stifel Financial has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do institutionals and insiders believe in PIPR or SF? 72.8% of Piper Sandler Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of Stifel Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Piper Sandler Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Stifel Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Does the media refer more to PIPR or SF? In the previous week, Stifel Financial had 5 more articles in the media than Piper Sandler Companies. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Stifel Financial and 5 mentions for Piper Sandler Companies. Piper Sandler Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Stifel Financial's score of 0.93 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 5 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Stifel Financial 7 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryPiper Sandler Companies and Stifel Financial tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get Piper Sandler Companies News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PIPR and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart PIPR vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricPiper Sandler CompaniesSecurity brokers & dealers IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$4.76B$30.28B$11.48B$19.75BDividend Yield1.01%2.47%5.57%3.75%P/E Ratio26.2915.1722.8734.05Price / Sales3.235.3525.7228.57Price / Cash22.2322.5217.6117.54Price / Book3.662.732.804.63Net Income$181.11M$1.45B$1.03B$1.02B7 Day Performance4.19%3.34%1.17%0.14%1 Month Performance-5.27%-2.12%496.64%-1.17%1 Year Performance38.54%39.51%540.12%7.30% Piper Sandler Companies Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PIPRPiper Sandler Companies1.32 of 5 stars$268.70+0.0%$286.00+6.4%+38.5%$4.76B$1.48B26.291,790SFStifel Financial4.1506 of 5 stars$96.86+1.6%$117.71+21.5%+33.8%$10.05B$4.91B15.529,000EVREvercore4.6518 of 5 stars$204.30+1.8%$299.20+46.5%+13.0%$7.99B$2.98B22.552,195LAZLazard4.6541 of 5 stars$45.75+1.8%$54.17+18.4%+15.8%$5.16B$3.09B17.203,291BGCBGC Group4.0315 of 5 stars$9.14+3.7%$16.00+75.1%+122.3%$4.41B$2.21B35.163,895OPYOppenheimer2.8394 of 5 stars$59.89-0.1%N/A+58.0%$630.29M$1.43B9.402,910Positive NewsFBRCFBR & Co.N/A$17.55flatN/AN/A$124.61MN/A0.00259MSMorgan Stanley4.5135 of 5 stars$118.21+2.5%$131.27+11.0%+37.5%$190.66B$57.62B14.8980,000Analyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionGSThe Goldman Sachs Group4.8954 of 5 stars$551.60+1.9%$594.27+7.7%+44.8%$172.12B$53.51B13.6045,300Analyst ForecastSCHWCharles Schwab4.5898 of 5 stars$77.80+0.9%$86.33+11.0%+13.3%$141.10B$19.61B26.0233,000Positive NewsRJFRaymond James4.9399 of 5 stars$144.54+1.5%$167.55+15.9%+15.2%$29.62B$13.15B14.1019,000Positive News Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Stifel Financial Competitors Evercore Competitors Lazard Competitors BGC Group Competitors Oppenheimer Competitors FBR & Co. 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