CMCX vs. PLUS, TCAP, ALPH, AFX, NUM, FRP, PBEE, K3C, PEEL, and SHRE
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), Numis (NUM), FRP Advisory Group (FRP), PensionBee Group (PBEE), K3 Capital Group (K3C), Peel Hunt (PEEL), and Share Plc (SHRE.L) (SHRE). 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 stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
Plus500 has a consensus target price of GBX 3,304.67, suggesting a potential upside of 3.99%. Given Plus500's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Plus500 is more favorable than CMC Markets.
In the previous week, CMC Markets' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Plus500'saverage media sentiment score.
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 company will outperform the market over the long term.
CMC Markets has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plus500 has a beta of 0.2, indicating that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Plus500 beats CMC Markets on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:CMCX) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
