CMCX vs. AFX, FRP, K3C, TCAP, AJB, PLUS, SOI, DGI9, FSFL, and BRSC
Should you be buying CMC Markets stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CMC Markets include Alpha FX Group (AFX), FRP Advisory Group (FRP), K3 Capital Group (K3C), TP ICAP Group (TCAP), AJ Bell (AJB), Plus500 (PLUS), Schroder Oriental Income Fund (SOI), Digital 9 Infrastructure (DGI9), Foresight Solar Fund (FSFL), and BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust (BRSC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
CMC Markets vs.
CMC Markets (LON:CMCX) and Alpha FX Group (LON:AFX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.
In the previous week, CMC Markets' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Alpha FX Group's average media sentiment score.
24.1% of CMC Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. 64.8% of CMC Markets shares are owned 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.
CMC Markets has higher revenue and earnings than Alpha FX Group. CMC Markets is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alpha FX Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CMC Markets received 91 more outperform votes than Alpha FX Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.52% of users gave Alpha FX Group an outperform vote while only 66.19% of users gave CMC Markets an outperform vote.
CMC Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Alpha FX Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. CMC Markets pays out 5,000.0% 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 FX Group pays out 18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
CMC Markets presently has a consensus target price of GBX 350, suggesting a potential upside of 49.25%. Given CMC Markets' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CMC Markets is more favorable than Alpha FX Group.
CMC Markets has a net margin of 23.87% compared to Alpha FX Group's net margin of 0.00%. CMC Markets' return on equity of 19.69% beat Alpha FX Group's return on equity.
Summary
CMC Markets beats Alpha FX Group on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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