Company Analysis

Raymond James Financial, Inc. (RJF)

NYSE: RJF · Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies · St Petersburg, FL · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade5.4
◀ Past 6.3● Present 5.5▶ Future 4.4

The grade of Raymond James Financial, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.4/10
◀ Past6.325% of the headline
● Present5.545% of the headline
▶ Future4.430% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.3/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
6.7/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 67th percentile among 30 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Raymond James Financial, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
7.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+12.5% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 74th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Raymond James Financial, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $5.5 billion in fiscal 2016 to $16 billion in fiscal 2025, up 12.5% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span12.5%bottom 45% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 14% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 21% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
3.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 1.4% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 8 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 38th percentile among 26 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-09-30, Raymond James Financial, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 1.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 8 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 37% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 13% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.5/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 17%: 17¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 86%: owes 86¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 64th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-09-30, Raymond James Financial, Inc. earned about 17 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 86 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 2.7% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 48% of its family
  • return on equitytop 40% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 16% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 43% of 29 in its family; net margin 13.4%.

weight 45% of this tense · 57th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Raymond James Financial, Inc.'s standing among 29 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $16 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 21% by size; a net margin of 13.4% ranks in the top 47%; revenue growth of 12.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 38% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$15.91Btop 21% of its family
  • net margin13.4%top 47% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth12.1%bottom 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
3.9/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 39% of 18 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.

weight 22% of this tense · 39th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Raymond James Financial, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Shoukry, Paul M (CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-02-24, 1.7 years (bottom 25% of its family); the 26 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 7.1 years (bottom 42%); 9 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 26 people in charge now (top 50%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge9 in three years among 26 peopletop 50% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed7.1 yearsbottom 42% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record1.7 yearsbottom 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 43% of 29 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 57th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Raymond James Financial, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $11 billion against no long-term debt tagged leaves 12.9% of its assets as net cash, top 36% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 14.1% of revenue (top 50%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets12.9%top 36% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue14.1%top 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.1/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 41% of 29 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 41st percentile among 29 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Raymond James Financial, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 12.1% a year over the last three filed years against 12.5% over all 10, slowing (bottom 39% of its family); the newest year grew 6.6% (bottom 16%); capital spending grew 27.4% a year (top 33%) (its annual reports). Raymond James Financial, Inc. reported 15 product lines in fiscal 2025: Asset Management and Related Administrative Fee Revenue at $7.1 billion (45%), Brokerage Revenue Securities Commissions at $1.8 billion (11%), Account and Service Fee Revenue at $1.3 billion (8%), and 12 more; 12 of 15 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-0.4 points a yearbottom 39% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth6.6%bottom 16% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending27.4%top 33% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
3.4/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 34% of 25 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 34th percentile among 25 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Raymond James Financial, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $16 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 7.2% below the $17 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 30% of its family); net income of $2.1 billion against a prior three-year average of $1.8 billion (bottom 37%); a net margin of 13.4% against 13.5% before (bottom 34%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-7.2%bottom 30% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+21%bottom 37% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-0.1 pointsbottom 34% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton RJF · research, not advice