SF vs. PIPR, RJF, SEIC, MKTX, JEF, FRHC, VIRT, HOOD, NMR, and ORI
Should you be buying Stifel Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stifel Financial include Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), Raymond James (RJF), SEI Investments (SEIC), MarketAxess (MKTX), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), Freedom (FRHC), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), Nomura (NMR), and Old Republic International (ORI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
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 profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and community ranking.
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.
Piper Sandler Companies pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Stifel Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Piper Sandler Companies pays out 40.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stifel Financial pays out 38.2% 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. Stifel Financial has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Stifel Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Stifel Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Piper Sandler Companies. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Stifel Financial and 4 mentions for Piper Sandler Companies. Piper Sandler Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Stifel Financial's score of 0.87 indicating that Stifel Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Piper Sandler Companies has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stifel Financial has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Piper Sandler Companies received 100 more outperform votes than Stifel Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.45% of users gave Piper Sandler Companies an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave Stifel Financial an outperform vote.
Piper Sandler Companies presently has a consensus price target of $181.50, indicating a potential downside of 15.15%. Stifel Financial has a consensus price target of $84.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.89%. Given Piper Sandler Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Stifel Financial is more favorable than Piper Sandler Companies.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Stifel Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Stifel Financial has a net margin of 11.34% compared to Stifel Financial's net margin of 7.33%. Stifel Financial's return on equity of 13.65% beat Piper Sandler Companies' return on equity.
Summary
Stifel Financial beats Piper Sandler Companies on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SF and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
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