CMC Markets (CMCX) Competitors

TP ICAP Group (LON:TCAP) and CMC Markets (LON:CMCX) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Is TCAP or CMCX more profitable?

CMC Markets has a net margin of 95.92% compared to TP ICAP Group's net margin of 4.54%. CMC Markets' return on equity of 86.11% beat TP ICAP Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TP ICAP Group	4.54%	4.82%	1.61%
CMC Markets	95.92%	86.11%	7.20%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in TCAP or CMCX?

80.8% of TP ICAP Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.5% of CMC Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of TP ICAP Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 64.8% of CMC Markets shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation and earnings, TCAP or CMCX?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TP ICAP Group	£2.16B	0.90	£97.91M	£12.88	20.00
CMC Markets	£341.77M	2.05	£327.81M	£118.52	2.13

Does the media refer more to TCAP or CMCX?

In the previous week, TP ICAP Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled CMC Markets'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
TP ICAP Group	Neutral
CMC Markets	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TCAP or CMCX?

TP ICAP Group received 31 more outperform votes than CMC Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.91% of users gave TP ICAP Group an outperform vote while only 64.35% of users gave CMC Markets an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TP ICAP Group	Outperform Votes 309 69.91%	Underperform Votes 133 30.09%
CMC Markets	Outperform Votes 278 64.35%	Underperform Votes 154 35.65%

Do analysts recommend TCAP or CMCX?

TP ICAP Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 326, indicating a potential upside of 26.60%. CMC Markets has a consensus target price of GBX 192, indicating a potential downside of 23.96%. Given TP ICAP Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe TP ICAP Group is more favorable than CMC Markets.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TP ICAP Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
CMC Markets	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Is TCAP or CMCX a better dividend stock?

TP ICAP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. CMC Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. TP ICAP Group pays out 116.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CMC Markets pays out 6.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more volatility and risk, TCAP or CMCX?

TP ICAP Group has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CMC Markets has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

TP ICAP Group beats CMC Markets on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.