Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, LPLA or PIPR?

LPL Financial has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Piper Sandler Companies has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LPLA or PIPR more profitable?

Piper Sandler Companies has a net margin of 10.84% compared to LPL Financial's net margin of 8.73%. LPL Financial's return on equity of 49.47% beat Piper Sandler Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LPL Financial	8.73%	49.47%	10.63%
Piper Sandler Companies	10.84%	16.06%	10.81%

Does the media favor LPLA or PIPR?

In the previous week, LPL Financial had 8 more articles in the media than Piper Sandler Companies. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for LPL Financial and 10 mentions for Piper Sandler Companies. Piper Sandler Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat LPL Financial's score of 1.07 indicating that Piper Sandler Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LPL Financial	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Piper Sandler Companies	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in LPLA or PIPR?

95.7% of LPL Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of Piper Sandler Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of LPL Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Piper Sandler Companies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, LPLA or PIPR?

LPL Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Piper Sandler Companies. LPL 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
LPL Financial	$11.52B	2.04	$1.07B	$13.30	23.61
Piper Sandler Companies	$1.35B	4.43	$85.49M	$9.36	35.91

Do analysts prefer LPLA or PIPR?

LPL Financial currently has a consensus target price of $286.92, suggesting a potential downside of 8.63%. Piper Sandler Companies has a consensus target price of $193.00, suggesting a potential downside of 42.58%. Given LPL Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe LPL Financial is more favorable than Piper Sandler Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LPL Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Piper Sandler Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is LPLA or PIPR a better dividend stock?

LPL Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Piper Sandler Companies pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. LPL Financial pays out 9.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Piper Sandler Companies pays out 27.8% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LPLA or PIPR?

LPL Financial received 79 more outperform votes than Piper Sandler Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.16% of users gave LPL Financial an outperform vote while only 56.65% of users gave Piper Sandler Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LPL Financial	Outperform Votes 488 58.16%	Underperform Votes 351 41.84%
Piper Sandler Companies	Outperform Votes 409 56.65%	Underperform Votes 313 43.35%

Summary

LPL Financial beats Piper Sandler Companies on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.