ALPH vs. CMCX, FRP, TCAP, PLUS, IGG, INVP, MUT, SAIN, BBGI, and IHP
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), Murray Income Trust (MUT), Scottish American Investment (SAIN), BBGI Global Infrastructure (BBGI), and IntegraFin (IHP). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Alpha Group International (LON:ALPH) and CMC Markets (LON:CMCX) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
Alpha Group International pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. CMC Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. 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 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.
CMC Markets has a consensus price target of GBX 156.67, suggesting a potential downside of 40.54%. Given CMC Markets' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CMC Markets is more favorable than Alpha Group International.
In the previous week, CMC Markets had 1 more articles in the media than Alpha Group International. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for CMC Markets and 0 mentions for Alpha Group International. CMC Markets' average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Alpha Group International's score of 0.00 indicating that CMC Markets is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CMC Markets received 278 more outperform votes than Alpha Group International when rated by MarketBeat users.
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.
Alpha Group International has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CMC Markets has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Alpha Group International has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
76.7% of Alpha Group International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.4% of CMC Markets shares are held by institutional investors. 25.4% of Alpha Group International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 64.9% of CMC Markets shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Alpha Group International and CMC Markets tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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