ALPH vs. CMCX, FRP, TCAP, PLUS, IGG, INVP, OTV2, MUT, SAIN, and APEO
Should you be buying Alpha Group International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alpha Group International include CMC Markets (CMCX), FRP Advisory Group (FRP), TP ICAP Group (TCAP), Plus500 (PLUS), IG Group (IGG), Investec Group (INVP), Octopus Titan VCT (OTV2), Murray Income Trust (MUT), Scottish American (SAIN), and abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
CMC Markets (LON:CMCX) and Alpha Group International (LON:ALPH) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking and dividends.
22.4% of CMC Markets shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.7% of Alpha Group International shares are held by institutional investors. 64.9% of CMC Markets shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.4% of Alpha Group International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
CMC Markets has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpha Group International has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CMC Markets presently has a consensus target price of GBX 156.67, indicating a potential downside of 42.40%. Given Alpha Group International's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CMC Markets is more favorable than Alpha Group International.
Alpha Group International has a net margin of 47.76% compared to Alpha Group International's net margin of 3.96%. CMC Markets' return on equity of 48.26% beat Alpha Group International's return on equity.
In the previous week, CMC Markets had 4 more articles in the media than Alpha Group International. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for CMC Markets and 0 mentions for Alpha Group International. Alpha Group International's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat CMC Markets' score of 0.00 indicating that CMC Markets is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CMC Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Alpha Group International pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. 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. Alpha Group International pays out 788.2% 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 received 278 more outperform votes than Alpha Group International when rated by MarketBeat users.
Alpha Group International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CMC Markets. Alpha Group International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CMC Markets, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
CMC Markets and Alpha Group International tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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