CMC Markets (CMCX) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

CMC is a leading global provider of online trading and investing, with a comprehensive retail, professional and institutional offering. The business was started in 1989 with a simple ethos: to make financial markets truly accessible for investors. We are proud of our strong heritage and our successful 30-year track record as an innovator at the forefront of enabling digital trading for our clients.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 398.50 to 439.50
• 50-Day Range: 332.50 to 393
• 52-Week Range: 203 to 439.50
• Volume: 5.41 million shs
• Average Volume: 862,358 shs
• Market Capitalization: £1.16 billion
• P/E Ratio: 18.44
• Dividend Yield: 3.70%
• Price Target: GBX 295
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

CMC Markets Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

CMC Markets scored higher than 26% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

CMC Markets has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Downside Risk

CMC Markets has a consensus price target of GBX 295, representing about 30.2% downside from its current price of GBX 422.50.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

CMC Markets has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of CMC Markets is 18.29, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.52.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of CMC Markets is 18.29, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Financial Services sector average P/E ratio of about 16.13.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

CMC Markets has a P/B Ratio of 2.92. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for CMCX.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

CMC Markets is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.70%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

CMC Markets does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of CMC Markets is 49.35%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.75

News Sentiment

CMC Markets has a news sentiment score of 0.75. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Financial Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for CMC Markets this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added CMC Markets to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, CMC Markets insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

64.11% of the stock of CMC Markets is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

18.31% of the stock of CMC Markets is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 11/20/2025
• Today: 6/03/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Financial Services
• Industry: Capital Markets
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:CMCX
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.cmcmarkets.com
• Phone: +44-20-71708200
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,197
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for CMC Markets: GBX 295
• High Price Target: GBX 330
• Low Price Target: GBX 260
• Potential Upside/Downside: -30.6%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 23.10
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 18.40
• Forward P/E Ratio: 20.25
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: £327.81 million
• Net Margins: 17.36%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 14.91%
• Return on Assets: 7.20%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 8.41
• Current Ratio: 172.37
• Quick Ratio: 2.47

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £368.60 million
• Price / Sales: 3.14
• Cash Flow: GBX 97.68 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 4.35
• Book Value: GBX 144.94 per share
• Price / Book: 2.93

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 272,488,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £1.16 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.58