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United States · USD·Financials›Investment Managers

US financial services firm centered on independent and employee financial advisors and private client wealth management.

Momentum neutral 52
Mkt cap
$31.3B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
89%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$197M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
11.4×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Official | Implied
A- / BBB+
agencies · bond market
Next earnings
82 days
27 Jan 2027
Close · USD$162.81
1D-1.2%
1W+3.6%
1M+2.6%
3M-9.1%
6M+5.9%
YTD+2.5%
1Y+3.1%
ATR %2.6%
Beta0.73
52w lowhigh10.9% off high

What Raymond James Financial does

US financial services firm centered on independent and employee financial advisors and private client wealth management.

Earns fees on assets that advisors manage for clients and commissions on trades, and pays advisors a large share of what they bring in, so profit comes from the platform around them. Cash that clients hold in sweep accounts is lent out through Raymond James Bank, adding interest income. Based in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Products and services

  • Private client group (wealth management)
  • Capital markets (investment banking)
  • Asset management
  • Banking (RJ Bank)

Customers

  • Independent and employee financial advisors
  • Retail wealth management clients

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Wealth management/advisor platform
  • Capital markets & banking

What could go right

  • Advisor recruiting/asset growth
  • Net interest income from RJ Bank

What could go wrong

  • Interest rate sensitivity of banking segment
  • Advisor attrition to competitors

Moat: narrow (switching costs, brand, distribution). Advisor-friendly culture and long tenure builds loyalty, though advisors can and do move to rivals.

Headquarters: St. Petersburg, Florida, US · Founded: 1962

Named competitors

Raymond James Financial at a glance

Size Raymond James Financial (RJF) is a United States Financials company (Investment Managers) with a market value of $31.3B, the 355th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $162.81 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 5.9%, against +5.7% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 11th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 10.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +9.7%); the operating margin is 21.2% (peer median 30.9%).

Valuation It trades at 11.4× forward earnings against a peer median of 11.7× (10th cheapest of 21).

Credit Raymond James Financial has 5 bonds outstanding ($3.55B), rated A- by the agencies and trading like BBB+ at a weighted spread of 93 bp.

Short interest Short interest is 3.2% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 27 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026RJF 108Peer median 106
Six months, rebased to 100: Raymond James Financial against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Raymond James Financial financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2026-09-30. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023
Revenue$17.5B$17.5B$15.9B$14.9B$13.0B
Revenue growth—+10%+6%+15%—
Gross profit$16.1B$17.3B$13.8B$12.6B$11.5B
EBITDAn/an/a$3.10B$2.99B$2.71B
Net income$2.37B$2.37B$2.13B$2.06B$1.73B
Free cash flown/an/a$2.17B$1.71B-$3.81B
Capital expendituren/an/a$188M$205M$173M
Total debtn/an/a$5.87B$4.56B$4.01B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Raymond James Financial competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-10%0%+10%-10%0%+10%NTRSARES8604EQT2611PFG6066TROWAMPAMUNPGHNPS6099TPGBENCVCOWLICICIAMCDWSAPORJF6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Raymond James Financial is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%+60%10×20×30×40×NTRSARES8604EQT2611PFG6066AMPAMUNPGHNPS6099TPGCVCICICIAMCDWSRJFRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Raymond James Financial is the large dot.

Raymond James Financial competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (RJF vs LPLA vs AMP vs MS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Raymond James Financial RJF$31.3B+6%+10%21%11.4×n/a
LPL Financial LPLA$23.0B-3%+31%13%10.5×n/a
Ameriprise Financial AMP$43.5B+8%+9%28%10.0×n/a
Morgan Stanley MS$285B-6%+16%33%13.6×n/a

How Raymond James Financial compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Raymond James Financial against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureRJFPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+2.6%+1.9%10th highest of 21
6-month return+5.9%+5.7%11th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-10.9%-17.7%5th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+10.2%+9.7%11th highest of 21
Operating margin21.2%30.9%7th lowest of 21
Forward P/E11.4×11.7×10th cheapest of 21
Bond spread93 bp94 bp6th tightest of 11

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Raymond James Financial RJFUnited States$31.3B+6%+10%21%11.4×n/an/a
Northern Trust NTRSUnited States$31.3B+8%+7%24%13.7×n/an/a
Ares Management ARESUnited States$30.0B+7%+7%27%20.5×n/an/a
Nomura 8604.TJapan$26.5B+15%+12%12%9.0×n/an/a
Eqt EQT.STSweden$39.2B+1%-18%59%22.6×n/an/a
Guotai Haitong Securities 2611.HKHong Kong$39.8B-6%+38%69%6.0×n/an/a
Principal Financial PFGUnited States$23.6B+10%+5%15%11.3×n/an/a
CSC Financial 6066.HKHong Kong$23.5B-15%+3%49%5.5×n/an/a
T. Rowe Price TROWUnited States$23.1B+4%+7%36%10.8×n/an/a
Ameriprise Financial AMPUnited States$43.5B+8%+9%28%10.0×n/an/a
Amundi AMUN.PAFrance$21.7B+9%+1%23%11.9×n/an/a
Partners PGHN.SWSwitzerland$21.3B-24%+9%56%16.7×n/an/a
Pershing Square PSUnited States$20.6B+24%+67%37%84.9×n/an/a
China Merchants Securities 6099.HKHong Kong$20.2B-10%+98%34%4.5×n/an/a
TPG TPGUnited States$17.9B+4%+21%17%13.8×n/an/a
Franklin Resources BENUnited States$17.1B+10%+8%15%10.6×n/an/a
CVC Capital Partners CVC.ASNetherlands$16.9B+10%+14%57%18.1×n/an/a
Blue Owl Capital OWLUnited States$15.4B-7%+11%17%10.4×n/an/a
ICICI Prudential Asset Management ICICIAMC.NSIndia$15.4B-11%+22%73%39.2×n/an/a
DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA DWS.DEGermany$14.7B+7%+24%37%12.6×n/an/a
Apollo Global Management APOUnited States$68.9B-12%+11%11%11.5×n/an/a

Raymond James Financial bonds and credit

Raymond James Financial has 5 bonds outstanding with $3.55B face value. The agencies rate it A-; its bonds trade like BBB+. Weighted yield 6.01%, a spread of 93 bp over government bonds.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Questions

Who are Raymond James Financial's main competitors?
Named competitors: LPL Financial (LPLA), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Morgan Stanley (wealth) (MS), Edward Jones (private or unlisted). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Northern Trust (NTRS), Ares Management (ARES), Nomura (8604.T), Eqt (EQT.ST), Guotai Haitong Securities (2611.HK), Principal Financial (PFG).
Is Raymond James Financial expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 11.4× against a peer median of 11.7×, 10th cheapest of 21 in its peer set.
How has Raymond James Financial stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +5.9% against +5.7% for the median peer; over one year +3.1%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.