TCAP vs. PLUS, ALPH, CMCX, IGG, INVP, OSB, HVPE, PNL, FEV, and JAM
Should you be buying TP ICAP Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TP ICAP Group include Plus500 (PLUS), Alpha Group International (ALPH), CMC Markets (CMCX), IG Group (IGG), Investec Group (INVP), OSB Group (OSB), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), Personal Assets Trust (PNL), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), and JPMorgan American (JAM). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Plus500 (LON:PLUS) and TP ICAP Group (LON:TCAP) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.
Plus500 has higher earnings, but lower revenue than TP ICAP Group. Plus500 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TP ICAP Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Plus500 received 48 more outperform votes than TP ICAP Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.93% of users gave Plus500 an outperform vote while only 69.63% of users gave TP ICAP Group an outperform vote.
Plus500 has a beta of 0.02, indicating that its stock price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TP ICAP Group has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Plus500 currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,091.50, indicating a potential downside of 6.88%. TP ICAP Group has a consensus target price of GBX 326, indicating a potential upside of 50.58%. Given Plus500's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TP ICAP Group is more favorable than Plus500.
Plus500 has a net margin of 37.74% compared to Plus500's net margin of 3.48%. TP ICAP Group's return on equity of 36.67% beat Plus500's return on equity.
In the previous week, TP ICAP Group had 1 more articles in the media than Plus500. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for TP ICAP Group and 2 mentions for Plus500. Plus500's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat TP ICAP Group's score of 0.33 indicating that TP ICAP Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Plus500 pays an annual dividend of GBX 65 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. TP ICAP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Plus500 pays out 2,642.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TP ICAP Group pays out 16,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
47.3% of Plus500 shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of TP ICAP Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of Plus500 shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of TP ICAP Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Plus500 beats TP ICAP Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding TCAP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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