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: 672 to 699
• 50-Day Range: 632 to 785
• 52-Week Range: 203 to 787
• Volume: 1.61 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.26 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £1.84 billion
• P/E Ratio: 24.76
• Dividend Yield: 2.18%
• Price Target: GBX 462.50
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

CMC Markets Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

CMC Markets scored higher than 34% 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: 1.6 / 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 462.50, representing about 32.3% downside from its current price of GBX 683.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

CMC Markets has only been the subject of 1 research reports 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 24.84, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.66.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of CMC Markets is 24.84, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.45.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

CMC Markets has a P/B Ratio of 4.71. 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 2.18%, 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: 3.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.06

News Sentiment

CMC Markets has a news sentiment score of 1.06. 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 0.60 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

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

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, CMC Markets insiders have sold 915.98% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought £138,986.44 in company stock and sold £1,412,077.70 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

64.83% 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

18.25% of the stock of CMC Markets is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 6/04/2026
• Today: 10/06/2026

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: 1,120
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for CMC Markets: GBX 462.50
• High Price Target: GBX 760
• Low Price Target: GBX 260
• Potential Upside/Downside: -32.1%
• 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: 24.76
• Forward P/E Ratio: 32.45
• 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: 4.39
• Cash Flow: GBX 156.52 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 4.35
• Book Value: GBX 144.94 per share
• Price / Book: 4.70

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 269,704,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £1.84 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.62