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GBX 221.50 -1.00 (-0.45%)
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CMCX vs. PLUS, TCAP, ALPH, AFX, PBEE, NUM, FRP, K3C, PEEL, and CAV

Should you be buying CMC Markets stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CMC Markets include Plus500 (PLUS), TP ICAP Group (TCAP), Alpha Group International (ALPH), Alpha FX Group (AFX), PensionBee Group (PBEE), Numis (NUM), FRP Advisory Group (FRP), K3 Capital Group (K3C), Peel Hunt (PEEL), and Cavendish Financial (CAV). These companies are all part of the "capital markets" industry.

CMC Markets vs. Its Competitors

CMC Markets (LON:CMCX) and Plus500 (LON:PLUS) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

CMC Markets has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Plus500. Plus500 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CMC Markets, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CMC Markets£360.10M1.68£327.81M£0.23980.09
Plus500£728M3.07£312.07M£3.60880.00

CMC Markets has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plus500 has a beta of 0.2, meaning that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.

25.1% of CMC Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.1% of Plus500 shares are owned by institutional investors. 64.1% of CMC Markets shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 49.7% of Plus500 shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Plus500 has a consensus target price of GBX 3,304.67, indicating a potential upside of 4.31%. Given Plus500's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Plus500 is more favorable than CMC Markets.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CMC Markets
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Plus500
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

In the previous week, CMC Markets had 2 more articles in the media than Plus500. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for CMC Markets and 1 mentions for Plus500. CMC Markets' average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Plus500's score of 1.38 indicating that CMC Markets is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CMC Markets
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Plus500
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

CMC Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Plus500 pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.87 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. CMC Markets pays out 46.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Plus500 pays out 24.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

CMC Markets has a net margin of 95.92% compared to Plus500's net margin of 36.45%. CMC Markets' return on equity of 86.11% beat Plus500's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CMC Markets95.92% 86.11% 7.20%
Plus500 36.45%39.06%26.75%

Summary

CMC Markets and Plus500 tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CMCX vs. The Competition

MetricCMC MarketsCapital Markets IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£603.56M£1.11B£6.37B£2.58B
Dividend Yield5.11%4.85%4.32%5.30%
P/E Ratio980.09303.871,776.405,410.66
Price / Sales1.68163.111,355.2296,691.07
Price / Cash4.3511.88127.5127.93
Price / Book1.533.912.067.76
Net Income£327.81M£130.65M£1.23B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-0.89%9.77%6.72%6.49%
1 Month Performance-3.70%15.16%7.78%56.20%
1 Year Performance-28.66%43.78%31.32%148.15%

CMC Markets Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CMCX
CMC Markets
N/AGBX 221.50
-0.4%
N/A-26.9%£603.56M£360.10M980.091,197Positive News
PLUS
Plus500
2.6936 of 5 stars
GBX 2,942
-1.3%
GBX 3,304.67
+12.3%
+23.3%£2.09B£728M852.751,580
TCAP
TP ICAP Group
3.4279 of 5 stars
GBX 277.50
-1.1%
GBX 374
+34.8%
+17.7%£2.08B£2.33B1,302.825,208
ALPH
Alpha Group International
N/AGBX 4,170
flat
N/A+103.9%£1.76B£135.60M1,969.77480News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
AFX
Alpha FX Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£810.18M£89.43M3,200.00214
PBEE
PensionBee Group
2.0609 of 5 stars
GBX 160.50
-0.9%
GBX 214.67
+33.7%
-9.8%£380.60M£33.20M-11,630.43198News Coverage
Insider Trade
NUM
Numis
N/AN/AN/AN/A£377.30M£130.31M17,150.00220
FRP
FRP Advisory Group
2.5761 of 5 stars
GBX 136.50
-0.4%
GBX 220
+61.2%
-6.2%£351.94M£152.20M1,528.56657Dividend Announcement
K3C
K3 Capital Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£269.95M£70.65M2,908.33410
PEEL
Peel Hunt
N/AGBX 97.50
+4.8%
N/A-21.8%£112.71M£91.31M-4,239.13308High Trading Volume
CAV
Cavendish Financial
N/AGBX 12.40
-2.7%
N/A+10.3%£41.63M£55.65M5,904.76157News Coverage
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:CMCX) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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