PLUS vs. TCAP, ALPH, CMCX, IGG, INVP, PNL, TEM, MRC, 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 (PNL), Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT (TEM), Mercantile (MRC), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), and JPMorgan American (JAM). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
TP ICAP Group (LON:TCAP) and Plus500 (LON:PLUS) 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 dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.
Plus500 has a net margin of 37.74% compared to Plus500's net margin of 3.48%. TP ICAP Group's return on equity of 36.67% beat Plus500's return on equity.
Plus500 received 49 more outperform votes than TP ICAP Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.93% of users gave Plus500 an outperform vote while only 69.57% of users gave TP ICAP Group an outperform vote.
82.0% of TP ICAP Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.7% of Plus500 shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of TP ICAP Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Plus500 shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
TP ICAP Group has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plus500 has a beta of 0.06, meaning that its stock price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Plus500 has a consensus price target of GBX 2,091.50, indicating a potential downside of 4.06%. Given TP ICAP Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Plus500 is more favorable than TP ICAP Group.
Plus500 has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
TP ICAP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Plus500 pays an annual dividend of GBX 65 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. 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. Plus500 pays out 2,621.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Plus500 had 2 more articles in the media than TP ICAP Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Plus500 and 0 mentions for TP ICAP Group. TP ICAP Group's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat Plus500's score of 0.00 indicating that Plus500 is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Plus500 beats TP ICAP Group on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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