BGC Group (BGC) Competitors

Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) and BGC Group (NASDAQ:BGC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in SF or BGC?

82.0% of Stifel Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.1% of BGC Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Stifel Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.3% of BGC 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.

Do analysts rate SF or BGC?

Stifel Financial presently has a consensus price target of $105.50, indicating a potential downside of 3.39%. BGC Group has a consensus price target of $14.50, indicating a potential upside of 38.10%. Given BGC Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BGC Group is more favorable than Stifel Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Stifel Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
BGC Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility and risk, SF or BGC?

Stifel Financial has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BGC Group has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, SF or BGC?

Stifel Financial has higher revenue and earnings than BGC Group. Stifel Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BGC 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
Stifel Financial	$4.97B	2.26	$731.38M	$5.23	20.88
BGC Group	$2.29B	2.24	$126.99M	$0.27	38.89

Is SF or BGC more profitable?

Stifel Financial has a net margin of 12.26% compared to BGC Group's net margin of 5.64%. BGC Group's return on equity of 46.98% beat Stifel Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Stifel Financial	12.26%	13.88%	1.72%
BGC Group	5.64%	46.98%	11.82%

Is SF or BGC a better dividend stock?

Stifel Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. BGC Group pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Stifel Financial pays out 35.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BGC Group pays out 29.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Stifel Financial has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years and BGC Group has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Stifel Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media favor SF or BGC?

In the previous week, Stifel Financial had 5 more articles in the media than BGC Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Stifel Financial and 6 mentions for BGC Group. Stifel Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat BGC Group's score of 0.07 indicating that Stifel Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Stifel Financial	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BGC Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Stifel Financial beats BGC Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.