BlackRock vs Stifel Financial
BLK and SF side by side, both in security brokers, dealers, and flotation. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BLK and SF compare
BlackRock is the larger company, worth 15 times as much as Stifel Financial ($373B against $25.1B).
On earnings, Stifel Financial is cheaper: it trades at 11.9× trailing earnings, against 27.4× for BlackRock.
BlackRock grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (26.5% versus 11.0% for Stifel Financial).
BlackRock keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 24.1% compared with 14.3% at Stifel Financial.
Both pay dividends: BlackRock yields 2.0% and Stifel Financial 2.0%.
BlackRock scores higher on the StockData Score (12 against 10 for Stifel Financial), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BLK | SF |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $373B | $25.1B |
| Share price | $1147.54 | $66.69 |
| Change, 1 year | 4.5% | −14.9% |
| Change, 5 years | 20.1% | 33.0% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.34 | 1.21 |
| Employees | 25K | 9,000 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 12 (better) | 10 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Performance score | 3 | 3 |
| Health score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend score | 2 | 2 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 27.4× | 11.9× (better) |
| P/S | 13.7× | 3.7× (better) |
| P/B | 6.5× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 35.0× | 11.1× (better) |
| P/FCF | 106× | 69.5× (better) |
| PEG | 21.13 | 3.58 (better) |
| FCF yield | 0.94% | 1.4% (better) |
| Fair value | $644.14 | $71.15 |
| Margin of safety | −78.1% | 6.3% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 26.5% (better) | 11.0% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 8.4% | 10.7% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 2.7% | 56.2% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 1.2% | 62.7% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 2.1% | 7.1% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 32.6% | – |
| Net margin | 24.1% (better) | 14.3% |
| FCF margin | 12.9% (better) | 5.4% |
| Return on equity | 12.3% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 15.9% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | – |
| Interest coverage | 16.4× | – |
| Altman Z-score | 2.33 (better) | 0.54 |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.0% | 2.0% (better) |
| Years of dividend growth | 3 | 8 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 32.5% |
| Buyback yield | – | 1.3% |
| Shareholder yield | 2.0% | 3.3% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 37.0% | 36.8% |
| Held by insiders | 0.94% | 1.4% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$192M | −$423K (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 4 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 0.63% | – |
Go deeper
- BLK stock overview
- BLK income statement
- BLK valuation and score
- SF stock overview
- SF income statement
- SF valuation and score
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