Raymond James Financial, Inc (NYSE: RJF) is -11.34% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $104.24 and a high of $174.32 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The RJF stock was last observed hovering at around $137.04 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.67%.
Currently trading at $137.71, the stock is 3.14% and -1.90% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.02 million and changing 0.49% at the moment leaves the stock -2.34% off its SMA200. RJF registered 11.79% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -7.05%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $140.3796 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $141.0086.
The stock witnessed a -0.28% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -19.30%, and is 0.33% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.06% over the week and 4.08% over the month.
Raymond James Financial, Inc (RJF) has around 23961 employees, a market worth around $28.22B and $15.60B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 13.26 and Fwd P/E is 12.52. Profit margin for the company is 13.98%. Distance from 52-week low is 32.11% and -21.00% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (14.03%).
with sales reaching $3.38B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 3.08% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 7.79% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 4.71% in year-over-year returns.
1147.0 institutions hold shares in Raymond James Financial, Inc (RJF), with institutional investors hold 85.00% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 203.10M, and float is at 184.38M with Short Float at 4.76%. Institutions hold 76.39% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 21.94 million shares valued at $2.71 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 10.6076 of the RJF Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 14.38 million shares valued at $1.78 billion to account for 6.9557 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ which holds 12.09 million shares representing 5.8441 and valued at over $1.49 billion, while WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP holds 4.4566 of the shares totaling 9.22 million with a market value of $1.14 billion.
Raymond James Financial, Inc (RJF) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Bunn James E, the company’s President, Capital Markets. SEC filings show that Bunn James E sold 3,650 shares of the company’s common stock on Apr 28 ’25 at a price of $136.49 per share for a total of $0.5 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 78227.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jan 31 ’25, Santelli Jonathan N (EVP, Gen Counsel, Secy) disposed off 4,160 shares at an average price of $168.25 for $0.7 million. The insider now directly holds 22,879 shares of Raymond James Financial, Inc (RJF).
