CMC Markets (CMCX) Competitors

CMC Markets (LON:CMCX) and TP ICAP Group (LON:TCAP) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and dividends.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CMCX or TCAP?

24.5% of CMC Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of TP ICAP Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 64.8% of CMC Markets shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of TP ICAP Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CMCX or TCAP more profitable?

CMC Markets has a net margin of 14.17% compared to TP ICAP Group's net margin of 4.63%. CMC Markets' return on equity of 12.06% beat TP ICAP Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CMC Markets	14.17%	12.06%	7.20%
TP ICAP Group	4.63%	4.87%	1.61%

Does the media favor CMCX or TCAP?

In the previous week, TP ICAP Group had 1 more articles in the media than CMC Markets. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for TP ICAP Group and 0 mentions for CMC Markets. TP ICAP Group's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat CMC Markets' score of -0.40 indicating that TP ICAP Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CMC Markets	Neutral
TP ICAP Group	Positive

Is CMCX or TCAP a better dividend stock?

CMC Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. TP ICAP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. CMC Markets pays out 4,705.9% 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 11,538.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CMCX or TCAP?

TP ICAP Group received 29 more outperform votes than CMC Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.77% of users gave TP ICAP Group an outperform vote while only 64.50% of users gave CMC Markets an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CMC Markets	Outperform Votes 278 64.50%	Underperform Votes 153 35.50%
TP ICAP Group	Outperform Votes 307 69.77%	Underperform Votes 133 30.23%

Which has more volatility & risk, CMCX or TCAP?

CMC Markets has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TP ICAP Group has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate CMCX or TCAP?

CMC Markets currently has a consensus target price of GBX 192, indicating a potential downside of 24.71%. TP ICAP Group has a consensus target price of GBX 326, indicating a potential upside of 26.11%. Given TP ICAP Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TP ICAP Group is more favorable than CMC Markets.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CMC Markets	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50
TP ICAP Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, CMCX or TCAP?

TP ICAP Group has higher revenue and earnings than CMC Markets. CMC Markets 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CMC Markets	£330.83M	2.16	£46.89M	£0.17	1,500.00
TP ICAP Group	£2.14B	0.92	£99M	£0.13	1,988.46

Summary

TP ICAP Group beats CMC Markets on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.