CMC Markets (CMCX) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, CMCX or PLUS?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CMCX or PLUS?

Plus500 received 76 more outperform votes than CMC Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.84% of users gave Plus500 an outperform vote while only 64.35% of users gave CMC Markets an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CMC Markets	Outperform Votes 278 64.35%	Underperform Votes 154 35.65%
Plus500	Outperform Votes 354 72.84%	Underperform Votes 132 27.16%

Does the media favor CMCX or PLUS?

In the previous week, CMC Markets had 12 more articles in the media than Plus500. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for CMC Markets and 1 mentions for Plus500. CMC Markets' average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Plus500's score of 0.15 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)	7 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Plus500	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CMCX or PLUS?

24.5% of CMC Markets shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.2% of Plus500 shares are held by institutional investors. 64.8% of CMC Markets shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Plus500 shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CMCX or PLUS more profitable?

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 Markets	95.92%	86.11%	7.20%
Plus500	36.45%	39.06%	26.75%

Is CMCX or PLUS a better dividend stock?

CMC Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Plus500 pays an annual dividend of GBX 66 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. CMC Markets pays out 6.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Plus500 pays out 24.4% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer CMCX or PLUS?

CMC Markets currently has a consensus target price of GBX 192, indicating a potential downside of 26.15%. Plus500 has a consensus target price of GBX 2,782, indicating a potential downside of 18.09%. Given Plus500's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Plus500 is more favorable than CMC Markets.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CMC Markets	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50
Plus500	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, CMCX or PLUS?

CMC Markets has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Plus500. CMC Markets is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plus500, 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
CMC Markets	£341.77M	2.11	£327.81M	£118.52	2.19
Plus500	£856.04M	3.66	£312.07M	£270.24	12.57

Summary

Plus500 beats CMC Markets on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.