Siebert Financial (NASDAQ:SIEB – Get Free Report) and T. Rowe Price Group (NASDAQ:TROW – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
Profitability
This table compares Siebert Financial and T. Rowe Price Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Siebert Financial | -1.07% | -1.25% | -0.15% |
| T. Rowe Price Group | 29.26% | 20.91% | 15.68% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Siebert Financial and T. Rowe Price Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Siebert Financial | $94.20 million | 0.89 | $5.12 million | ($0.03) | -67.67 |
| T. Rowe Price Group | $7.31 billion | 3.04 | $2.09 billion | $9.97 | 10.45 |
T. Rowe Price Group has higher revenue and earnings than Siebert Financial. Siebert Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than T. Rowe Price Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
1.5% of Siebert Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.4% of T. Rowe Price Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.0% of Siebert Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of T. Rowe Price Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Siebert Financial and T. Rowe Price Group, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Siebert Financial | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| T. Rowe Price Group | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1.79 |
T. Rowe Price Group has a consensus target price of $106.15, indicating a potential upside of 1.90%. Given T. Rowe Price Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe T. Rowe Price Group is more favorable than Siebert Financial.
Volatility & Risk
Siebert Financial has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, T. Rowe Price Group has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
T. Rowe Price Group beats Siebert Financial on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Siebert Financial
Siebert Financial Corp., through its subsidiaries, engages in the retail brokerage and investment advisory businesses in the United States and Internationally. It offers self-directed trading, market making and fixed income investment, stock borrow, stock loan, equity compensation plans, wealth management, and financial advisory services; independent retail execution services; and retail customer services. The company also offers self-directed retirement accounts, as well as lends customers a portion of the market value of marginable securities held in the customer's account. In addition, the company provides data technology platform that offers various services, such as email and messaging, market data systems and third party trading systems, business productivity tools, and customer relationship management systems. Further, it offers a Robo-Advisor platform that provides clients with an automated wealth management solution; and various insurance products, such as fixed annuities, personal insurance, property and casualty insurance, natural disaster insurance, and life and disability. Siebert Financial Corp. was incorporated in 1934 and is headquartered in Miami Beach, Florida.
About T. Rowe Price Group
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm provides its services to individuals, institutional investors, retirement plans, financial intermediaries, and institutions. It launches and manages equity and fixed income mutual funds. The firm invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. It employs fundamental and quantitative analysis with a bottom-up approach. The firm utilizes in-house and external research to make its investments. It employs socially responsible investing with a focus on environmental, social, and governance issues. It makes investment in late-stage venture capital transactions and usually invests between $3 million and $5 million. The firm was previously known as T. Rowe Group, Inc. and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. was founded in 1937 and is based in Baltimore, Maryland, with additional offices in Colorado Springs, Colorado; Owings Mills, Maryland; San Francisco, California; New York, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Tampa, Florida; Toronto, Ontario; Hellerup, Denmark; Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; Zurich, Switzerland; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; London, United Kingdom; Sydney, New South Wales; Hong Kong; Tokyo, Japan; Singapore; Frankfurt, Shanghai, China; Germany, Madrid, Spain, Milan, Italy, Stockholm, Sweden, Melbourne, Australia, Amsterdam, Netherlands and Washington, DC.
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