Stifel Financial Corporation (SF) vs Virtu Financial, Inc. (VIRT)

Stifel Financial Corporation and Virtu Financial, Inc. are both Capital Markets companies. Stifel Financial Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $10.8B against $8.4B — 1.3× the size. Virtu Financial, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 8.9× against 11.8×. Virtu Financial, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 20.8% against 10.9%. Stifel Financial Corporation has the higher net margin (15.9% vs 12.7%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs 0.00%). Both pay a dividend; Stifel Financial Corporation yields more (1.85% vs 1.79%). Across the 20 metrics below, Virtu Financial, Inc. leads on 13 and Stifel Financial Corporation on 7.

Valuation

Metric SF VIRT Capital Markets median
P/E 11.76 8.93 14.35
P/S 1.84 1.15 2.07
P/B 2.05 2.03 1.36
Price to free cash flow 38.52 9.84 9.28
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 8.50% 11.20% (8.28%)
Free cash flow yield 2.60% 10.16% (1.12%)

Profitability

Metric SF VIRT Capital Markets median
Gross margin 98.99% 81.77% 68.15%
Operating margin 21.23% 49.26% 0.00%
Net margin 15.87% 12.70% (0.34%)
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 11.73% 0.00%
Return on equity 0.00% 26.18% 0.00%
Return on assets 0.00% 2.22% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric SF VIRT Capital Markets median
Revenue growth (TTM) 10.91% 20.76% 19.72%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (6.08%) 72.73% 16.79%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 8.07% 2.32% 17.41%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 6.30% (7.58%) 0.00%

Health

Metric SF VIRT Capital Markets median
Debt to equity 0.29 0.87 0.07
Current ratio 0.88 0.45 1.51
Net debt to EBITDA (1.36) (1.76) (0.03)

Dividend

Metric SF VIRT Capital Markets median
Dividend yield 1.85% 1.79% 1.58%
Payout ratio 0.23 0.16 0.19

Size

Metric SF VIRT Capital Markets median
Market cap 10.78b 8.37b 527.01m

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