BGC Group (BGC) Competitors

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

Is SF or BGC a better dividend stock?

Stifel Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. BGC Group pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Stifel Financial pays out 30.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BGC Group pays out 32.0% 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 more volatility & risk, SF or BGC?

Stifel Financial has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BGC Group has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SF or BGC more profitable?

Stifel Financial has a net margin of 12.98% compared to BGC Group's net margin of 5.49%. BGC Group's return on equity of 47.68% beat Stifel Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Stifel Financial	12.98%	14.92%	1.84%
BGC Group	5.49%	47.68%	11.51%

Which has higher earnings & 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	$4.35B	2.68	$522.54M	$5.53	20.59
BGC Group	$2.03B	2.21	$36.26M	$0.25	37.28

Does the media favor SF or BGC?

In the previous week, Stifel Financial had 10 more articles in the media than BGC Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Stifel Financial and 0 mentions for BGC Group. Stifel Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat BGC Group's score of 0.21 indicating that Stifel Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Stifel Financial	Positive
BGC Group	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SF or BGC?

BGC Group received 43 more outperform votes than Stifel Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.74% of users gave BGC Group an outperform vote while only 54.92% of users gave Stifel Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Stifel Financial	Outperform Votes 279 54.92%	Underperform Votes 229 45.08%
BGC Group	Outperform Votes 322 59.74%	Underperform Votes 217 40.26%

Do analysts recommend SF or BGC?

Stifel Financial presently has a consensus target price of $107.14, suggesting a potential downside of 5.91%. Given Stifel Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Stifel Financial is more favorable than BGC Group.

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)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders and institutionals 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 insiders. Comparatively, 26.3% of BGC Group shares are held by 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

Stifel Financial beats BGC Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.