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Raymond James (RJF) Competitors

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$162.18 -0.44 (-0.27%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

RJF vs. LPLA, SF, EVR, LAZ, PIPR, BGC, OPY, FBRC, MS, and GS

Should you be buying Raymond James stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Raymond James include LPL Financial (LPLA), Stifel Financial (SF), Evercore (EVR), Lazard (LAZ), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), BGC Group (BGC), Oppenheimer (OPY), FBR & Co. (FBRC), Morgan Stanley (MS), and The Goldman Sachs Group (GS). These companies are all part of the "investment banking & brokerage" industry.

Raymond James vs.

Raymond James (NYSE:RJF) and LPL Financial (NASDAQ:LPLA) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Raymond James pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. LPL Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Raymond James pays out 18.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LPL Financial pays out 9.0% 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.

In the previous week, Raymond James had 14 more articles in the media than LPL Financial. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Raymond James and 13 mentions for LPL Financial. LPL Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Raymond James' score of 1.02 indicating that LPL Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Raymond James
13 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
LPL Financial
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

83.8% of Raymond James shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of LPL Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 9.7% of Raymond James shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of LPL Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Raymond James currently has a consensus target price of $140.91, indicating a potential downside of 13.12%. LPL Financial has a consensus target price of $286.92, indicating a potential downside of 9.50%. Given LPL Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe LPL Financial is more favorable than Raymond James.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Raymond James
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
LPL Financial
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

Raymond James has a net margin of 13.86% compared to LPL Financial's net margin of 8.73%. LPL Financial's return on equity of 49.47% beat Raymond James' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Raymond James13.86% 19.61% 2.65%
LPL Financial 8.73%49.47%10.63%

Raymond James has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LPL Financial has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Raymond James has higher revenue and earnings than LPL Financial. Raymond James is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LPL Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Raymond James$14.92B2.24$2.07B$9.7116.70
LPL Financial$11.52B2.06$1.07B$13.3023.84

Raymond James received 196 more outperform votes than LPL Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.26% of users gave Raymond James an outperform vote while only 58.16% of users gave LPL Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Raymond JamesOutperform Votes
684
58.26%
Underperform Votes
490
41.74%
LPL FinancialOutperform Votes
488
58.16%
Underperform Votes
351
41.84%

Summary

Raymond James and LPL Financial tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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RJF vs. The Competition

MetricRaymond JamesSecurity brokers & dealers IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$33.40B$30.75B$10.54B$19.90B
Dividend Yield1.12%2.19%10.16%3.54%
P/E Ratio16.7017.8448.9842.67
Price / Sales2.245.873,469.8918.14
Price / Cash17.4621.9330.3517.85
Price / Book3.352.892.755.60
Net Income$2.07B$932.00M$994.22M$985.93M
7 Day Performance0.96%1.29%-0.34%-0.19%
1 Month Performance17.09%5.19%1.81%0.15%
1 Year Performance56.09%50.73%23.67%23.70%

Raymond James Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RJF
Raymond James
4.8086 of 5 stars
$162.18
-0.3%
$140.91
-13.1%
+56.1%$33.49B$14.92B16.7018,000Analyst Revision
Positive News
LPLA
LPL Financial
4.7604 of 5 stars
$317.05
+0.8%
$286.92
-9.5%
+40.8%$23.55B$10.05B23.848,400Positive News
SF
Stifel Financial
4.7532 of 5 stars
$113.42
+0.2%
$103.17
-9.0%
+84.3%$11.58B$4.35B20.519,000
EVR
Evercore
4.4666 of 5 stars
$301.43
+0.2%
$270.40
-10.3%
+107.3%$11.48B$2.43B38.692,195Insider Trade
Negative News
LAZ
Lazard
4.638 of 5 stars
$54.95
-0.1%
$53.00
-3.5%
+105.0%$6.20B$2.52B21.893,291
PIPR
Piper Sandler Companies
3.4678 of 5 stars
$334.13
-0.4%
$193.00
-42.2%
+118.0%$5.94B$1.35B35.701,725Positive News
BGC
BGC Group
3.2885 of 5 stars
$10.13
-2.2%
N/A+128.7%$4.86B$2.15B40.523,895News Coverage
OPY
Oppenheimer
2.9497 of 5 stars
$60.12
+0.1%
N/A+51.7%$621.05M$1.37B9.352,942
FBRC
FBR & Co.
N/A$17.55
flat
N/AN/A$124.61MN/A0.00259News Coverage
Positive News
MS
Morgan Stanley
4.8926 of 5 stars
$131.69
-0.4%
$112.94
-14.2%
+65.2%$212.16B$54.61B20.0480,000
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
4.9827 of 5 stars
$581.93
+0.1%
$535.75
-7.9%
+71.4%$182.67B$108.42B17.0845,300Short Interest ↓

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This page (NYSE:RJF) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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