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Stocks/Sectors/Financial Services/Investment - Banking & Investment Services

Investment - Banking & Investment Services Industry

Investment - Banking & Investment Services industry analysis: EL7 Score and the best stocks ranked by value, profitability, and momentum.

Best Stocks in Investment - Banking & Investment Services

Ranked among 6 stocks with a market cap above $500M. Smaller companies are excluded from the ranking.

Rank
Company
Price
Change
P/E
Fwd P/E
Value
Growth
Quality
Safety
Capital Return
EL7 Score
1/6
PIPR
PIPRPiper Sandler
$76.43+0.4%17.614.75694947267
100
2/6
PJT
PJTPJT Partners
$163.21-5.0%21.420.639891006156
94
3/6
SF
SFStifel Financial
$79.76+0.1%13.512.08367712889
89
4/6
IBKR
IBKRInteractive Brokers
$91.37+2.2%36.330.111100882211
78
5/6
BNY
BNYBank of New York
$162.66+0.0%18.916.4442853678
67
6/6
HLI
HLIHoulihan Lokey
$136.61+0.5%22.817.72856826750
56

Score = market-cap-weighted percentile rank of the sector stocks vs the whole market (0-100). Higher = stronger.

EL7 Score
67Balanced

55 of 151

P/E 18.9 vs period average 25.9 Cheaper than its history

Total stocks10
Total Market Cap$297B
Median P/E18.9x
Median Net Margin14.5%
Value
30
Growth
66
Quality
86
Safety
18
Capital Return
36
Momentum
87
Sentiment
74

Score = market-cap-weighted percentile rank of the sector stocks vs the whole market (0-100). Higher = stronger.

Recent Insider Buys

Insider purchases in the sector's stocks

HLIALLEY J LINDSEYChief Financial Officer$501K3 Aug
ETFs with exposure to this sector

Funds that track the sector and each fund's exposure to it.

Fund
Exposure
Assets
Expense
Holdings
KREState Street SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF100.0%$4B0.35%158
IYFiShares U.S. Financials ETF99.0%$4B0.37%141
XLFState Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF98.1%$54B0.08%76
VFHVanguard Financials ETF96.8%$15B0.09%404

The percentage is the sector's share of the fund's assets, per the latest available data.

Recent Analyst Ratings

Upgrades and downgrades on the sector's stocks

IBKRKeefe, Bruyette & WoodsMarket PerformHold2 SepIBKRUBSNeutralDowngrade1 SepIBKRGoldman SachsBuyHold1 SepIBKRRaymond JamesMarket PerformInitiate26 AugPJTBMO CapitalOutperformHold3 AugPJTUBSNeutralHold29 JulIBKRBMO CapitalOutperformHold22 JulBNYCitigroupNeutralHold20 Jul