Oppenheimer vs Stifel Financial
OPY 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 OPY and SF compare
Stifel Financial is the larger company, worth 28 times as much as Oppenheimer ($27.5B against $980M).
On earnings, Oppenheimer is cheaper: it trades at 12.4× trailing earnings, against 12.7× for Stifel Financial.
Oppenheimer grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (13.9% versus 8.2% for Stifel Financial).
Stifel Financial keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 14.6% compared with 4.9% at Oppenheimer.
Both pay dividends: Oppenheimer yields 0.83% and Stifel Financial 1.8%.
Oppenheimer scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 9 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 | OPY | SF |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $980M | $27.5B |
| Share price | $91.45 | $73.02 |
| Change, 1 year | 35.1% | −10.1% |
| Change, 5 years | 75.3% | 48.0% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.83 | 1.19 |
| Employees | 2,947 | 9,000 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 13 (better) | 9 |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Growth score | 2 | 2 |
| Performance score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Health score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 12.4× (better) | 12.7× |
| P/S | 0.6× (better) | 4.1× |
| P/B | 1.0× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.5× (better) | 12.4× |
| P/FCF | 17.1× (better) | 34.6× |
| PEG | 0.17 (better) | 3.80 |
| FCF yield | 5.9% (better) | 2.9% |
| Fair value | $114.16 | $71.51 |
| Margin of safety | 19.9% (better) | −2.1% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 13.9% (better) | 8.2% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.4% | 10.7% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 2.2% | 47.2% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −0.94% | 53.2% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 7.0% | 7.1% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 7.2% | – |
| Net margin | 4.9% | 14.6% (better) |
| FCF margin | 3.3% | 11.8% (better) |
| Return on equity | 9.1% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 9.4% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | – |
| Altman Z-score | 1.05 (better) | 0.57 |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.83% | 1.8% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 21.5% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 2 | 8 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | −13.4% | 32.5% (better) |
| Buyback yield | 0.24% | 1.6% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 1.1% | 3.4% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 41.7% | 36.8% |
| Held by insiders | 6.0% | 1.4% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$424K | −$423K (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 1.1% | – |
Go deeper
- OPY stock overview
- OPY income statement
- OPY valuation and score
- SF stock overview
- SF income statement
- SF valuation and score
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