TCAP vs. PLUS, ALPH, CMCX, IGG, INVP, FEV, WTAN, MYI, PIN, and PNL
Should you be buying TP ICAP Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TP ICAP Group include Plus500 (PLUS), Alpha Group International (ALPH), CMC Markets (CMCX), IG Group (IGG), Investec Group (INVP), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), Murray International (MYI), Pantheon International (PIN), and Personal Assets (PNL). 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 superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and risk.
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.
Plus500 has a beta of 0.06, suggesting that its stock price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TP ICAP Group has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 pays an annual dividend of GBX 65 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. TP ICAP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. 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. 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 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.
Plus500 currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,091.50, indicating a potential downside of 4.67%. Given TP ICAP Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Plus500 is more favorable than TP ICAP Group.
47.7% of Plus500 shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of TP ICAP Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Plus500 shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of TP ICAP Group shares are held 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.
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 media.
Summary
Plus500 beats TP ICAP Group on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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