CMC Markets (CMCX) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer CMCX or ALPH?

CMC Markets presently has a consensus target price of GBX 156.67, suggesting a potential downside of 37.95%. Given CMC Markets' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CMC Markets is more favorable than Alpha Group International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CMC Markets	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Alpha Group International	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is CMCX or ALPH more profitable?

Alpha Group International has a net margin of 47.76% compared to CMC Markets' net margin of 3.96%. Alpha Group International's return on equity of 48.26% beat CMC Markets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CMC Markets	3.96%	2.75%	1.74%
Alpha Group International	47.76%	48.26%	21.07%

Which has more volatility & risk, CMCX or ALPH?

CMC Markets has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpha Group International has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CMCX or ALPH?

In the previous week, CMC Markets had 2 more articles in the media than Alpha Group International. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for CMC Markets and 0 mentions for Alpha Group International. CMC Markets' average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat Alpha Group International's score of 0.00 indicating that CMC Markets is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CMC Markets	Neutral
Alpha Group International	Neutral

Is CMCX or ALPH a better dividend stock?

CMC Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Alpha Group International pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. CMC Markets pays out 12,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alpha Group International pays out 788.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CMCX or ALPH?

CMC Markets received 278 more outperform votes than Alpha Group International when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CMC Markets	Outperform Votes 278 65.11%	Underperform Votes 149 34.89%
Alpha Group International	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CMCX or ALPH?

22.4% of CMC Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.7% of Alpha Group International shares are owned by institutional investors. 64.9% of CMC Markets shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.8% of Alpha Group International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CMCX or ALPH?

Alpha Group International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CMC Markets. Alpha Group International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CMC Markets, 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	£255.66M	2.76	£10.12M	£0.04	6,312.50
Alpha Group International	£185.96M	4.81	£88.83M	£2.03	1,019.70

Summary

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