Stifel Financial vs XP
SF and XP 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 SF and XP compare
Stifel Financial grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (8.2% versus 7.3% for XP).
XP keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 64.9% compared with 14.6% at Stifel Financial.
Stifel Financial pays a dividend yielding 1.8%; XP does not pay one.
XP scores higher on the StockData Score (11 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 | SF | XP |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $27.5B | – |
| Share price | $73.02 | $15.38 |
| Change, 1 year | −10.1% | −18.7% |
| Change, 5 years | 48.0% | −48.3% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.19 | 1.11 |
| Employees | 9,000 | 36K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 9 | 11 (better) |
| Valuation score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 | 2 |
| Performance score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 12.7× | – |
| P/S | 4.1× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.4× | – |
| P/FCF | 34.6× | – |
| PEG | 3.80 | – |
| FCF yield | 2.9% | – |
| Fair value | $71.51 | – |
| Margin of safety | −2.1% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 8.2% (better) | 7.3% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 10.7% (better) | 9.7% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 47.2% (better) | 14.5% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 53.2% (better) | 18.1% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 7.1% | 21.2% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | 14.6% | 64.9% (better) |
| FCF margin | 11.8% | 149% (better) |
| Return on equity | – | 23.7% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.00 |
| Altman Z-score | 0.57 | – |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.8% | – |
| Payout ratio | – | 9.6% |
| Years of dividend growth | 8 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 32.5% | – |
| Buyback yield | 1.6% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 3.4% | – |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 36.8% | 64.4% |
| Held by insiders | 1.4% | 23.7% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$423K (better) | −$2.4M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
Go deeper
- SF stock overview
- SF income statement
- SF valuation and score
- XP stock overview
- XP income statement
- XP valuation and score
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