CMC Markets (CMCX) Competitors

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

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%

Do analysts rate CMCX or TCAP?

TP ICAP Group has a consensus price target of GBX 374, indicating a potential upside of 23.23%. Given TP ICAP Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TP ICAP Group is more favorable than CMC Markets.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CMC Markets	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
TP ICAP Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

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 3.6%. TP ICAP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. 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 volatility and risk, CMCX or TCAP?

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

Does the media prefer CMCX or TCAP?

In the previous week, CMC Markets had 1 more articles in the media than TP ICAP Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for CMC Markets and 2 mentions for TP ICAP Group. CMC Markets' average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat TP ICAP Group's score of 0.33 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
TP ICAP Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better 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	1.82	£327.81M	£118.52	1.89
TP ICAP Group	£2.16B	1.06	£97.91M	£12.88	23.57

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

24.5% of CMC Markets shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of TP ICAP Group shares are held by institutional investors. 64.8% of CMC Markets shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of TP ICAP Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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