CMCX vs. PLUS, TCAP, ALPH, AFX, NUM, PBEE, FRP, K3C, PEEL, and AGFX
Should you be buying CMC Markets stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CMC Markets include Plus500 (PLUS), TP ICAP Group (TCAP), Alpha Group International (ALPH), Alpha FX Group (AFX), Numis (NUM), PensionBee Group (PBEE), FRP Advisory Group (FRP), K3 Capital Group (K3C), Peel Hunt (PEEL), and Argentex Group (AGFX). These companies are all part of the "capital markets" industry.
CMC Markets vs.
Plus500 (LON:PLUS) and CMC Markets (LON:CMCX) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Plus500 currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,341.50, indicating a potential downside of 18.92%. CMC Markets has a consensus target price of GBX 192, indicating a potential downside of 25.29%. Given Plus500's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Plus500 is more favorable than CMC Markets.
Plus500 pays an annual dividend of GBX 66 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. CMC Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Plus500 pays out 2,548.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.
Plus500 received 76 more outperform votes than CMC Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.99% of users gave Plus500 an outperform vote while only 64.50% of users gave CMC Markets an outperform vote.
Plus500 has higher revenue and earnings than CMC Markets. Plus500 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CMC Markets, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
51.2% of Plus500 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.5% of CMC Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Plus500 shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 64.8% of CMC Markets shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Plus500 and Plus500 both had 1 articles in the media. CMC Markets' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Plus500's score of 0.22 indicating that CMC Markets is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Plus500 has a net margin of 36.45% compared to CMC Markets' net margin of 14.17%. Plus500's return on equity of 39.31% beat CMC Markets' return on equity.
Plus500 has a beta of 0.2, suggesting that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CMC Markets has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Plus500 beats CMC Markets on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CMCX) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
