CMCX vs. ALPH, FRP, TCAP, PLUS, IGG, APAX, NBPE, VOF, ESCT, and TMPL
Should you be buying CMC Markets stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CMC Markets include Alpha Group International (ALPH), FRP Advisory Group (FRP), TP ICAP Group (TCAP), Plus500 (PLUS), IG Group (IGG), Apax Global Alpha (APAX), NB Private Equity Partners (NBPE), VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund (VOF), The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT), and Temple Bar (TMPL). 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 investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
CMC Markets has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpha Group International has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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. CMC Markets' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Alpha Group International's score of 0.00 indicating that CMC Markets is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Alpha Group International has a net margin of 47.76% compared to CMC Markets' net margin of 3.96%. Alpha Group International's return on equity of 48.26% beat CMC Markets' return on equity.
CMC Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. 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.
22.4% of CMC Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.7% of Alpha Group International shares are owned by institutional investors. 64.9% of CMC Markets shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.4% of Alpha Group International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
CMC Markets currently has a consensus target price of GBX 156.67, indicating a potential downside of 41.87%. Given CMC Markets' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe CMC Markets is more favorable than Alpha Group International.
CMC Markets received 278 more outperform votes than Alpha Group International when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
CMC Markets and Alpha Group International tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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