CMCX vs. IGG, PLUS, TCAP, ALPH, AFX, NUM, FRP, K3C, PEEL, and ARB
Should you be buying CMC Markets stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CMC Markets include IG Group (IGG), Plus500 (PLUS), TP ICAP Group (TCAP), Alpha Group International (ALPH), Alpha FX Group (AFX), Numis (NUM), FRP Advisory Group (FRP), K3 Capital Group (K3C), Peel Hunt (PEEL), and Argo Blockchain (ARB). These companies are all part of the "capital markets" industry.
IG Group (LON:IGG) and CMC Markets (LON:CMCX) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
IG Group has higher revenue and earnings than CMC Markets. IG Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CMC Markets, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
IG Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. CMC Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. IG Group pays out 6,216.2% 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 12,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. IG Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
IG Group has a net margin of 31.74% compared to IG Group's net margin of 3.96%. CMC Markets' return on equity of 15.67% beat IG Group's return on equity.
70.9% of IG Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.4% of CMC Markets shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of IG Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 64.9% of CMC Markets shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
IG Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 940.50, suggesting a potential upside of 16.11%. CMC Markets has a consensus price target of GBX 156.67, suggesting a potential downside of 44.35%. Given CMC Markets' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe IG Group is more favorable than CMC Markets.
IG Group has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CMC Markets has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, IG Group had 5 more articles in the media than CMC Markets. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for IG Group and 1 mentions for CMC Markets. CMC Markets' average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat IG Group's score of 0.15 indicating that IG Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
IG Group received 160 more outperform votes than CMC Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.06% of users gave IG Group an outperform vote while only 65.11% of users gave CMC Markets an outperform vote.
Summary
IG Group beats CMC Markets on 18 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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