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Best Financial Conglomerate Stocks to Buy Now (2022)

Top financial conglomerate stocks in 2022 ranked by overall Zen Score. See the best financial conglomerate stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the financial conglomerates industry.

According to Zen Score, the 3 best financial conglomerate stocks to buy right now are:

JEFFERIES FINANCIAL GROUP (NYSE:JEF) is the top financial conglomerate stock with a Zen Score of 39, which is 7 points higher than the financial conglomerate industry average of 32. It passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. JEFFERIES FINANCIAL GROUP has seen its stock lose -5.64% over the past year, overperforming other financial conglomerate stocks by 10 percentage points.

JEFFERIES FINANCIAL GROUP has an average 1 year price target of $44.50, an upside of 46.19% from JEFFERIES FINANCIAL GROUP's current stock price of $30.44.

JEFFERIES FINANCIAL GROUP stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering JEFFERIES FINANCIAL GROUP, 25% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

B RILEY FINANCIAL (NASDAQ:RILY) is the second best financial conglomerate stock with a Zen Score of 33, which is 1 points higher than the financial conglomerate industry average of 32. It passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. B RILEY FINANCIAL has seen its stock lose -32.83% over the past year, underperforming other financial conglomerate stocks by -17 percentage points.

VOYA FINANCIAL (NYSE:VOYA) is the third best financial conglomerate stock with a Zen Score of 25, which is -7 points lower than the financial conglomerate industry average of 32. It passed 9 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. VOYA FINANCIAL has seen its stock lose -2.26% over the past year, overperforming other financial conglomerate stocks by 14 percentage points.

VOYA FINANCIAL has an average 1 year price target of $77.67, an upside of 19.8% from VOYA FINANCIAL's current stock price of $64.83.

VOYA FINANCIAL stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 9 analysts covering VOYA FINANCIAL, 33.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 33.33% have issued a Buy, 33.33% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 3 financial conglomerate stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 financial conglomerate stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

B RILEY FINANCIAL (NASDAQ:RILY) has an annual dividend yield of 16.14%, which is 9 percentage points higher than the financial conglomerate industry average of 6.98%. B RILEY FINANCIAL's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% twelve times in the last 10 years. B RILEY FINANCIAL's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

B RILEY FINANCIAL's dividend payout ratio of 159.5% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

JEFFERIES FINANCIAL GROUP (NYSE:JEF) has an annual dividend yield of 3.61%, which is -3 percentage points lower than the financial conglomerate industry average of 6.98%. JEFFERIES FINANCIAL GROUP's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. JEFFERIES FINANCIAL GROUP's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

JEFFERIES FINANCIAL GROUP's dividend payout ratio of 18.6% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

VOYA FINANCIAL (NYSE:VOYA) has an annual dividend yield of 1.18%, which is -6 percentage points lower than the financial conglomerate industry average of 6.98%. VOYA FINANCIAL's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. VOYA FINANCIAL's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

VOYA FINANCIAL's dividend payout ratio of 8.1% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

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Based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score, the 2 most undervalued financial conglomerate stocks right now are:

B RILEY FINANCIAL (NASDAQ:RILY) is the most undervalued financial conglomerate stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. B RILEY FINANCIAL has a valuation score of 57, which is 19 points higher than the financial conglomerate industry average of 38. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

B RILEY FINANCIAL's stock has dropped -32.83% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the financial conglomerate industry by -17 percentage points.

JEFFERIES FINANCIAL GROUP (NYSE:JEF) is the second most undervalued financial conglomerate stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. JEFFERIES FINANCIAL GROUP has a valuation score of 43, which is 5 points higher than the financial conglomerate industry average of 38. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

JEFFERIES FINANCIAL GROUP's stock has dropped -5.64% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the financial conglomerate industry by 10 percentage points.