Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (JEF) vs XP Inc. (XP)

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. and XP Inc. are both Capital Markets companies. XP Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $15.5B against $10.3B — 1.5× the size. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 12.1× against 15.1×. XP Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 18.2% against 17.7%. XP Inc. has the higher net margin (27.8% vs 9.79%) and the higher return on invested capital (20.5% vs 8.20%). Both pay a dividend; Jefferies Financial Group Inc. yields more (3.57% vs 1.30%). Across the 21 metrics below, XP Inc. leads on 14 and Jefferies Financial Group Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric JEF XP Capital Markets median
P/E 12.08 15.12 14.20
P/S 1.04 4.15 2.00
P/B 0.83 3.05 1.51
Price to free cash flow 2.12 6.36 6.36
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 8.28% 6.61% (3.94%)
Free cash flow yield 47.19% 15.72% (1.62%)

Profitability

Metric JEF XP Capital Markets median
Gross margin 98.17% 100.00% 62.80%
Operating margin 23.38% 33.63% 0.00%
Net margin 9.79% 27.84% (0.55%)
Free cash flow margin 49.27% 65.15% 0.00%
Return on equity 7.84% 22.76% 0.00%
Return on assets 1.11% 1.37% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 8.20% 20.52% 0.00%

Growth

Metric JEF XP Capital Markets median
Revenue growth (TTM) 17.74% 18.17% 20.70%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (5.35%) 13.73% 22.92%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.65% 15.82% 18.16%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (3.90%) 18.11% 0.00%

Health

Metric JEF XP Capital Markets median
Debt to equity 2.09 0.07 0.08
Current ratio 1.02 4.80 1.50
Net debt to EBITDA 1.89 (1.52) (0.24)

Dividend

Metric JEF XP Capital Markets median
Dividend yield 3.57% 1.30% 1.36%
Payout ratio 0.44 0.20 0.19

Size

Metric JEF XP Capital Markets median
Market cap 10.31b 15.53b 565.91m

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