BGC Group (BGC) Competitors

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

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 2.1%. BGC Group pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Stifel Financial pays out 29.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BGC Group pays out 30.8% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, 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	$4.91B	1.81	$731.38M	$6.24	13.73
BGC Group	$2.21B	1.86	$126.99M	$0.26	32.65

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SF or BGC?

82.0% of Stifel Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.1% of BGC Group shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Stifel Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.3% of BGC Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor SF or BGC?

In the previous week, Stifel Financial had 17 more articles in the media than BGC Group. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Stifel Financial and 5 mentions for BGC Group. BGC Group's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Stifel Financial's score of 0.54 indicating that BGC Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Stifel Financial	10 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BGC Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SF or BGC?

BGC Group received 40 more outperform votes than Stifel Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.96% of users gave BGC Group an outperform vote while only 54.91% of users gave Stifel Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Stifel Financial	Outperform Votes 285 54.91%	Underperform Votes 234 45.09%
BGC Group	Outperform Votes 325 59.96%	Underperform Votes 217 40.04%

Do analysts prefer SF or BGC?

Stifel Financial presently has a consensus price target of $105.71, suggesting a potential upside of 23.41%. BGC Group has a consensus price target of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 70.79%. Given BGC Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
BGC Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is SF or BGC more profitable?

Stifel Financial has a net margin of 14.00% compared to BGC Group's net margin of 5.59%. BGC Group's return on equity of 47.55% beat Stifel Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Stifel Financial	14.00%	16.59%	2.04%
BGC Group	5.59%	47.55%	11.71%

Which has more volatility & risk, SF or BGC?

Stifel Financial has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, BGC Group has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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