RJF vs. LPLA, SF, EVR, LAZ, BGC, PIPR, 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), BGC Group (BGC), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), 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 (NYSE:RJF) and LPL Financial (NASDAQ:LPLA) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.
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.
Raymond James has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LPL Financial has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of LPL Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Raymond James has a net margin of 12.72% compared to LPL Financial's net margin of 9.71%. LPL Financial's return on equity of 55.22% beat Raymond James' return on equity.
Raymond James pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. LPL Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Raymond James pays out 21.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LPL Financial pays out 9.1% 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 $126.22, indicating a potential upside of 2.83%. LPL Financial has a consensus price target of $276.20, indicating a potential downside of 3.50%. Given Raymond James' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Raymond James is more favorable than LPL Financial.
In the previous week, LPL Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Raymond James. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for LPL Financial and 8 mentions for Raymond James. Raymond James' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat LPL Financial's score of 0.17 indicating that Raymond James is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Raymond James received 168 more outperform votes than LPL Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.92% of users gave Raymond James an outperform vote while only 58.32% of users gave LPL Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
Raymond James and LPL Financial tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Raymond James News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for RJF and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding RJF 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.
Raymond James Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
