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: 688 to 704
• 50-Day Range: 368 to 749
• 52-Week Range: 203 to 753
• Volume: 267,594 shs
• Average Volume: 1.08 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £1.87 billion
• P/E Ratio: 25.20
• Dividend Yield: 2.07%
• Price Target: GBX 387.50
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

CMC Markets Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

CMC Markets scored higher than 41% 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: 1.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

CMC Markets has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.75, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Downside Risk

CMC Markets has a consensus price target of GBX 387.50, representing about 44.1% downside from its current price of GBX 693.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

CMC Markets has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of CMC Markets is 25.20, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 40.55.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of CMC Markets is 25.20, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 29.36.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

CMC Markets has a P/B Ratio of 4.78. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued 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: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

CMC Markets pays a meaningful dividend of 2.07%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

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

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of CMC Markets is 50.18%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

CMC Markets has a news sentiment score of 1.57. 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 is a higher news sentiment than the 0.76 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

MarketBeat Follows

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

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, CMC Markets insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought GBX 0 in company stock and sold £1,412,077.70 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

64.78% 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: 6/04/2026
• Today: 8/06/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Finance
• 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 387.50
• High Price Target: GBX 500
• Low Price Target: GBX 260
• Potential Upside/Downside: -44.1%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.75
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 27.50
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 25.20
• Forward P/E Ratio: 33.02
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: £327.81 million
• Net Margins: 18.09%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 16.86%
• Return on Assets: 7.20%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 24.66
• Current Ratio: 16.94
• Quick Ratio: 2.47

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £418.67 million
• Price / Sales: 4.46
• Cash Flow: GBX 159.28 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 4.35
• Book Value: GBX 144.94 per share
• Price / Book: 4.78

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 269,704,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £1.87 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.56