Head-To-Head Review: Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE:PIPR) versus Maase (NASDAQ:MAAS)

Maase (NASDAQ:MAAS) and Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE:PIPR) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

72.8% of Piper Sandler Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 87.6% of Maase shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Piper Sandler Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Maase and Piper Sandler Companies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Maase	N/A	N/A	N/A
Piper Sandler Companies	13.73%	19.91%	13.64%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Maase and Piper Sandler Companies, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Maase	0	0	0	0	0.00
Piper Sandler Companies	1	3	2	0	2.17

Piper Sandler Companies has a consensus target price of $389.67, indicating a potential upside of 18.38%. Given Piper Sandler Companies’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Piper Sandler Companies is more favorable than Maase.

Risk & Volatility

Maase has a beta of -0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 160% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Piper Sandler Companies has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Maase and Piper Sandler Companies”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Maase	$109.05 million	0.89	-$27.36 million	N/A	N/A
Piper Sandler Companies	$1.53 billion	3.82	$181.11 million	$13.27	24.80

Piper Sandler Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Maase.

Summary

Piper Sandler Companies beats Maase on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Maase

Puyi Inc. provides third-party wealth management services in China. The company distributes publicly raised fund and privately raised securities investment fund products through online and offline. It also provides asset management services that include managing fund of funds and non-performing loan funds; and corporate financing services. Puyi Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Guangzhou, China.

About Piper Sandler Companies

Piper Sandler Companies operates as an investment bank and institutional securities firm that serves corporations, private equity groups, public entities, non-profit entities, and institutional investors in the United States and internationally. The company offers investment banking and institutional sales, trading, and research services for various equity and fixed income products. It provides advisory services, such as mergers and acquisitions, equity private placements, and debt and restructuring advisory; raises capital through equity and debt financings; underwrites municipal issuances; and offers municipal financial advisory and loan placement services, as well as various over-the-counter derivative products. The company also offers public finance investment banking services that focus on state and local governments, and cultural and social service non-profit entities, as well as the education, healthcare, hospitality, senior living, and transportation sectors. In addition, it provides equity and fixed income advisory and trade execution services for institutional investors, and government and non-profit entities. Further, the company is involved in the alternative asset management funds merchant banking and healthcare to invest firm capital and to manage capital from outside investors, as well as trading activities. The company was formerly known as Piper Jaffray Companies and changed its name to Piper Sandler Companies in January 2020. Piper Sandler Companies was founded in 1895 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.