SF vs. RJF, LPLA, EVR, LAZ, PIPR, BGC, OPY, FBRC, MS, and GS
Should you be buying Stifel Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stifel Financial include Raymond James (RJF), LPL Financial (LPLA), 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.
Stifel Financial vs.
Raymond James (NYSE:RJF) and Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and valuation.
83.8% of Raymond James shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of Stifel Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Raymond James 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Raymond James has a net margin of 13.86% compared to Stifel Financial's net margin of 12.98%. Raymond James' return on equity of 19.30% beat Stifel Financial's return on equity.
Raymond James has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stifel Financial has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Raymond James received 432 more outperform votes than Stifel Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.85% of users gave Raymond James an outperform vote while only 54.92% of users gave Stifel Financial an outperform vote.
Raymond James pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Stifel Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Raymond James pays out 20.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stifel Financial pays out 30.4% 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.
Raymond James presently has a consensus price target of $156.09, suggesting a potential downside of 6.53%. Stifel Financial has a consensus price target of $107.14, suggesting a potential downside of 5.91%. Given Stifel Financial's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Stifel Financial is more favorable than Raymond James.
Raymond James has higher revenue and earnings than Stifel Financial. Raymond James is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stifel Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Raymond James had 9 more articles in the media than Stifel Financial. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Raymond James and 10 mentions for Stifel Financial. Raymond James' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Stifel Financial's score of 0.65 indicating that Raymond James is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Raymond James beats Stifel Financial on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SF) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
