PLUS vs. TCAP, ALPH, CMCX, IGG, INVP, PNL, OSB, HVPE, FEV, and JAM
Should you be buying Plus500 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Plus500 include TP ICAP Group (TCAP), Alpha Group International (ALPH), CMC Markets (CMCX), IG Group (IGG), Investec Group (INVP), Personal Assets Trust (PNL), OSB Group (OSB), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), and JPMorgan American (JAM). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Plus500 (LON:PLUS) and TP ICAP Group (LON:TCAP) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
47.3% of Plus500 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of TP ICAP Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of Plus500 shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of TP ICAP Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Plus500 has a beta of 0.02, meaning that its stock price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TP ICAP Group has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Plus500 currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,091.50, suggesting a potential downside of 6.88%. TP ICAP Group has a consensus price target of GBX 326, suggesting a potential upside of 50.58%. Given TP ICAP Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe TP ICAP Group is more favorable than Plus500.
Plus500 received 48 more outperform votes than TP ICAP Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.93% of users gave Plus500 an outperform vote while only 69.63% of users gave TP ICAP Group an outperform vote.
Plus500 pays an annual dividend of GBX 65 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. TP ICAP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Plus500 pays out 2,642.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TP ICAP Group pays out 16,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, TP ICAP Group had 1 more articles in the media than Plus500. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for TP ICAP Group and 2 mentions for Plus500. TP ICAP Group's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Plus500's score of 0.33 indicating that TP ICAP Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Plus500 has a net margin of 37.74% compared to TP ICAP Group's net margin of 3.48%. Plus500's return on equity of 36.67% beat TP ICAP Group's return on equity.
Plus500 has higher earnings, but lower revenue than TP ICAP Group. Plus500 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TP ICAP Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Plus500 beats TP ICAP Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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