BGC vs. SNEX, GBCI, AEL, WTM, COLB, FFIN, MC, LAZ, AGO, and UMBF
Should you be buying BGC Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BGC Group include StoneX Group (SNEX), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), Columbia Banking System (COLB), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), Moelis & Company (MC), Lazard (LAZ), Assured Guaranty (AGO), and UMB Financial (UMBF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
BGC Group (NASDAQ:BGC) and StoneX Group (NASDAQ:SNEX) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.
StoneX Group has higher revenue and earnings than BGC Group. StoneX Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BGC Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, StoneX Group had 6 more articles in the media than BGC Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for StoneX Group and 3 mentions for BGC Group. StoneX Group's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat BGC Group's score of 0.44 indicating that StoneX Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BGC Group received 312 more outperform votes than StoneX Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.74% of users gave BGC Group an outperform vote while only 41.67% of users gave StoneX Group an outperform vote.
BGC Group has a net margin of 3.16% compared to StoneX Group's net margin of 0.33%. BGC Group's return on equity of 47.67% beat StoneX Group's return on equity.
BGC Group has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StoneX Group has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
52.1% of BGC Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of StoneX Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.9% of BGC Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of StoneX Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
BGC Group beats StoneX Group on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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