CMC Markets (CMCX) Competitors

CMC Markets (LON:CMCX) and TP ICAP Group (LON:TCAP) 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 institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Is CMCX or TCAP a better dividend stock?

CMC Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. TP ICAP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. CMC Markets pays out 6.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, CMCX or TCAP?

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

Is CMCX or TCAP 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
CMC Markets	95.92%	86.11%	7.20%
TP ICAP Group	4.54%	4.82%	1.61%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CMCX or TCAP?

CMC Markets has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
CMC Markets	£341.77M	2.17	£327.81M	£118.52	2.25
TP ICAP Group	£2.16B	0.91	£97.91M	£12.88	20.23

Does the media favor CMCX or TCAP?

In the previous week, CMC Markets had 1 more articles in the media than TP ICAP Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for CMC Markets and 0 mentions for TP ICAP Group. TP ICAP Group's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat CMC Markets' score of 0.00 indicating that TP ICAP Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CMC Markets	Neutral
TP ICAP Group	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CMCX or TCAP?

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

Do analysts prefer CMCX or TCAP?

CMC Markets currently has a consensus target price of GBX 192, indicating a potential downside of 27.95%. Given CMC Markets' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe CMC Markets is more favorable than TP ICAP Group.

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
TP ICAP Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

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

24.5% of CMC Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of TP ICAP Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 64.8% of CMC Markets shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of TP ICAP Group 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.

Summary

CMC Markets and TP ICAP Group tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.