XP vs. RJF, HOOD, NMR, JEF, SEIC, SF, MKTX, FRHC, PIPR, and MS
Should you be buying XP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of XP include Raymond James (RJF), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), Nomura (NMR), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), SEI Investments (SEIC), Stifel Financial (SF), MarketAxess (MKTX), Freedom (FRHC), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), and Morgan Stanley (MS). These companies are all part of the "security brokers & dealers" industry.
Raymond James (NYSE:RJF) and XP (NASDAQ:XP) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation and risk.
Raymond James pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. XP pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Raymond James pays out 21.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. XP pays out 86.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Raymond James has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
83.8% of Raymond James shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.2% of XP shares are held by institutional investors. 9.7% of Raymond James shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Raymond James received 621 more outperform votes than XP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.92% of users gave Raymond James an outperform vote while only 41.67% of users gave XP an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Raymond James had 6 more articles in the media than XP. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Raymond James and 2 mentions for XP. XP's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Raymond James' score of 0.00 indicating that Raymond James is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Raymond James has higher revenue and earnings than XP. XP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Raymond James, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Raymond James currently has a consensus price target of $126.22, indicating a potential upside of 2.83%. XP has a consensus price target of $27.50, indicating a potential upside of 44.81%. Given Raymond James' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe XP is more favorable than Raymond James.
Raymond James has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XP has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
XP has a net margin of 26.20% compared to XP's net margin of 12.72%. Raymond James' return on equity of 21.15% beat XP's return on equity.
Summary
Raymond James beats XP on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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