CMC Markets (CMCX) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, TCAP or CMCX?

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

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%

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 5.2%. CMC Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. 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.

Do analysts recommend TCAP or CMCX?

TP ICAP Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 374, suggesting a potential upside of 30.76%. Given TP ICAP Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly 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	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do insiders and institutionals 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.

Does the media prefer TCAP or CMCX?

In the previous week, TP ICAP Group had 1 more articles in the media than CMC Markets. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for TP ICAP Group and 0 mentions for CMC Markets. CMC Markets' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat TP ICAP Group's score of 0.59 indicating that CMC Markets is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
TP ICAP Group	Positive
CMC Markets	Positive

Which has preferable valuation & 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	1.00	£97.91M	£12.88	22.21
CMC Markets	£341.77M	1.87	£327.81M	£118.52	1.94

Summary

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