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CMC Markets (CMCX) Competitors

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GBX 235.50 -4.00 (-1.67%)
As of 04/25/2025 11:57 AM Eastern

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.

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

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 0.75 beat CMC Markets' score of 0.00 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

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

CMC Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. TP ICAP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. CMC Markets pays out 6.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
CMC Markets£341.77M1.91£327.81M£118.521.99
TP ICAP Group£2.16B0.89£97.91M£12.8819.79

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
CMC Markets95.92% 86.11% 7.20%
TP ICAP Group 4.54%4.82%1.61%

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

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

CMC Markets presently has a consensus price target of GBX 192, suggesting a potential downside of 18.47%. TP ICAP Group has a consensus price target of GBX 326, suggesting a potential upside of 27.94%. Given TP ICAP Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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

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£654.34M£689.14M£3.80B£2.54B
Dividend Yield0.05%3.90%4.21%4.83%
P/E Ratio1.9928.0112.95131.79
Price / Sales1.91140.111,723.05239,983.51
Price / Cash4.3511.8250.3828.09
Price / Book1.622.613.384.50
Net Income£327.81M£126.27M£1.17B£5.82B
7 Day Performance0.86%7.14%8.77%8.51%
1 Month Performance10.56%-3.21%9.23%6.34%
1 Year Performance-14.05%13.29%10.52%102.94%

CMC Markets Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CMCX
CMC Markets
N/AGBX 235.50
-1.7%
GBX 192
-18.5%
-9.8%£654.34M£341.77M1.991,197
TCAP
TP ICAP Group
3.7698 of 5 stars
GBX 242
-0.8%
GBX 326
+34.7%
+26.1%£1.82B£2.16B18.795,208
ALPH
Alpha Group International
N/AGBX 2,600
+1.2%
N/A+31.3%£1.09B£198.59M11.59480
AFX
Alpha FX Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£810.18M£89.43M3,200.00214
NUM
Numis
N/AN/AN/AN/A£377.30M£130.31M17,150.00220
PBEE
PensionBee Group
1.4951 of 5 stars
GBX 154.50
+1.0%
GBX 214.67
+38.9%
+10.1%£362.96M£29.68M-66.57198Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
FRP
FRP Advisory Group
3.0018 of 5 stars
GBX 132.65
+0.1%
GBX 220
+65.8%
+13.0%£329.26M£134.89M14.31657Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
K3C
K3 Capital Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£269.95M£70.65M2,908.33410
PEEL
Peel Hunt
N/AGBX 73.50
flat
N/A-34.8%£85.75M£87.00M-57.16308
AGFX
Argentex Group
N/AGBX 42.64
+0.2%
N/AN/A£52.47M£59.42M5.28196News Coverage
Positive News
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 4/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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