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GBX 197.20 -10.30 (-4.96%)
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CMCX vs. TCAP, ALPH, AFX, NUM, PBEE, FRP, K3C, PEEL, AGFX, and SHRE

Should you be buying CMC Markets stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CMC Markets include 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), Argentex Group (AGFX), and Share Plc (SHRE.L) (SHRE). These companies are all part of the "capital markets" industry.

CMC Markets vs.

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

TP ICAP Group received 31 more outperform votes than CMC Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.91% of users gave TP ICAP Group an outperform vote while only 64.35% of users gave CMC Markets an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TP ICAP GroupOutperform Votes
309
69.91%
Underperform Votes
133
30.09%
CMC MarketsOutperform Votes
278
64.35%
Underperform Votes
154
35.65%

TP ICAP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. CMC Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. TP ICAP Group pays out 116.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CMC Markets pays out 6.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

TP ICAP Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 326, suggesting a potential upside of 39.32%. CMC Markets has a consensus target price of GBX 192, suggesting a potential downside of 2.64%. Given TP ICAP Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe TP ICAP Group is more favorable than CMC Markets.

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

CMC Markets has a net margin of 95.92% compared to TP ICAP Group's net margin of 4.54%. CMC Markets' return on equity of 86.11% beat TP ICAP Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
TP ICAP Group4.54% 4.82% 1.61%
CMC Markets 95.92%86.11%7.20%

In the previous week, TP ICAP Group had 3 more articles in the media than CMC Markets. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for TP ICAP Group and 0 mentions for CMC Markets. TP ICAP Group's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat CMC Markets' score of 0.00 indicating that TP ICAP Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
TP ICAP Group Positive
CMC Markets Neutral

TP ICAP Group has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% 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.

CMC Markets has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TP ICAP Group. 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
TP ICAP Group£2.16B0.82£97.91M£12.8818.17
CMC Markets£341.77M1.60£327.81M£118.521.66

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

Summary

TP ICAP Group beats CMC Markets on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CMCX vs. The Competition

MetricCMC MarketsCapital Markets IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£547.92M£585.26M£3.94B£2.41B
Dividend Yield0.05%3.90%4.19%4.95%
P/E Ratio1.6628.2515.53127.76
Price / Sales1.60128.721,581.06257,920.01
Price / Cash4.3511.8248.9727.87
Price / Book1.362.403.274.33
Net Income£327.81M£126.27M£1.28B£5.76B
7 Day Performance-7.85%-5.99%3.15%2.04%
1 Month Performance-5.65%-10.14%1.69%0.73%
1 Year Performance-15.00%0.52%5.90%92.67%

CMC Markets Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CMCX
CMC Markets
0.5566 of 5 stars
GBX 197.20
-5.0%
GBX 192
-2.6%
-10.4%£547.92M£341.77M1.661,197Positive News
TCAP
TP ICAP Group
3.8198 of 5 stars
GBX 259
+0.4%
GBX 326
+25.9%
+15.0%£1.95B£2.16B20.115,208Insider Trade
News Coverage
ALPH
Alpha Group International
N/AGBX 2,566.80
+1.5%
N/A+28.9%£1.07B£198.59M11.44480
AFX
Alpha FX Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£810.18M£89.43M3,200.00214
NUM
Numis
N/AN/AN/AN/A£377.30M£130.31M17,150.00220News Coverage
PBEE
PensionBee Group
1.7399 of 5 stars
GBX 148.96
+2.0%
GBX 214.67
+44.1%
+34.7%£349.94M£29.68M-64.18198
FRP
FRP Advisory Group
3.5164 of 5 stars
GBX 128.31
-1.3%
GBX 220
+71.5%
+10.3%£318.48M£134.89M13.84657Dividend Announcement
K3C
K3 Capital Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£269.95M£70.65M2,908.33410
PEEL
Peel Hunt
N/AGBX 79
+0.6%
N/A-33.1%£92.17M£87.00M-61.44308
AGFX
Argentex Group
N/AGBX 39.99
-2.9%
N/A-25.4%£49.21M£59.42M4.96196Earnings Report
Insider Trade
News Coverage
SHRE
Share Plc (SHRE.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£38.83M£22.58M-257.50N/A
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This page (LON:CMCX) was last updated on 4/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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