Free Trial

BGC Group (BGC) Competitors

BGC Group logo
$8.75 +0.12 (+1.39%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

BGC vs. EVR, SF, LAZ, PIPR, OPY, FBRC, MS, GS, SCHW, and RJF

Should you be buying BGC Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BGC Group include Evercore (EVR), Stifel Financial (SF), Lazard (LAZ), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), Oppenheimer (OPY), FBR & Co. (FBRC), Morgan Stanley (MS), The Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Charles Schwab (SCHW), and Raymond James (RJF). These companies are all part of the "investment banking & brokerage" industry.

BGC Group vs.

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

Evercore has a net margin of 11.45% compared to BGC Group's net margin of 5.49%. BGC Group's return on equity of 47.68% beat Evercore's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BGC Group5.49% 47.68% 11.51%
Evercore 11.45%20.20%10.31%

BGC Group has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Evercore has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Evercore had 1 more articles in the media than BGC Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Evercore and 1 mentions for BGC Group. BGC Group's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Evercore's score of 0.20 indicating that BGC Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BGC Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Evercore
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Evercore has higher revenue and earnings than BGC Group. BGC Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Evercore, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BGC Group$2.15B1.96$36.26M$0.2535.00
Evercore$2.79B3.77$255.48M$7.7935.41

Evercore received 201 more outperform votes than BGC Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.32% of users gave Evercore an outperform vote while only 59.74% of users gave BGC Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BGC GroupOutperform Votes
322
59.74%
Underperform Votes
217
40.26%
EvercoreOutperform Votes
523
63.32%
Underperform Votes
303
36.68%

Evercore has a consensus target price of $301.20, indicating a potential upside of 9.19%. Given Evercore's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Evercore is more favorable than BGC Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BGC Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Evercore
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

52.1% of BGC Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.2% of Evercore shares are held by institutional investors. 26.3% of BGC Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Evercore shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

BGC Group pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Evercore pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. BGC Group pays out 32.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Evercore pays out 41.1% 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. Evercore has increased its dividend for 17 consecutive years. Evercore is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Evercore beats BGC Group on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart

BGC vs. The Competition

MetricBGC GroupSecurity & commodity brokers IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.20B$26.49B$11.01B$9.07B
Dividend Yield0.88%1.41%9.87%4.22%
P/E Ratio35.0020.3728.5417.19
Price / Sales1.966.2748.52116.80
Price / Cash8.3722.7630.3637.86
Price / Book4.864.932.744.78
Net Income$36.26M$909.38M$1.03B$225.60M
7 Day Performance-3.21%-3.22%-2.88%-1.23%
1 Month Performance-13.88%-4.52%-2.87%3.37%
1 Year Performance97.52%5.31%11.31%16.58%

BGC Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BGC
BGC Group
2.0586 of 5 stars
$8.75
+1.4%
N/A+97.5%$4.20B$2.15B35.003,895High Trading Volume
EVR
Evercore
3.9029 of 5 stars
$298.37
+1.0%
$282.40
-5.4%
+66.4%$11.36B$2.79B38.092,195Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
SF
Stifel Financial
4.5503 of 5 stars
$109.46
-1.0%
$105.57
-3.6%
+56.6%$11.20B$4.69B20.009,000News Coverage
LAZ
Lazard
3.4314 of 5 stars
$53.41
+0.8%
$53.43
+0.0%
+49.2%$6.02B$3.08B21.283,291Analyst Downgrade
PIPR
Piper Sandler Companies
3.468 of 5 stars
$321.34
+0.7%
$193.00
-39.9%
+72.6%$5.71B$1.35B34.341,725Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
OPY
Oppenheimer
2.3787 of 5 stars
$63.18
+0.7%
N/A+54.8%$652.71M$1.37B9.822,942
FBRC
FBR & Co.
N/A$17.55
-0.8%
N/AN/A$124.61MN/A0.00259High Trading Volume
MS
Morgan Stanley
4.7129 of 5 stars
$129.03
+1.3%
$121.80
-5.6%
+35.4%$207.87B$54.61B19.5580,000
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
4.9367 of 5 stars
$586.33
+0.1%
$559.75
-4.5%
+50.0%$184.05B$50.96B17.0745,300
SCHW
Charles Schwab
4.2656 of 5 stars
$77.94
-2.0%
$79.75
+2.3%
+10.7%$138.71B$18.84B31.0733,000Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
RJF
Raymond James
4.7822 of 5 stars
$160.41
0.0%
$142.45
-11.2%
+38.3%$32.73B$14.92B16.4119,000Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NASDAQ:BGC) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners