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LON:CMCX

CMC Markets - CMCX Competitors

GBX 234.50
+4.00 (+1.74%)
(As of 03/20/2023 09:41 PM ET)
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Today's Range
221.50
238.50
50-Day Range
228
250.50
52-Week Range
205
323.50
Volume
113,228 shs
Average Volume
172,763 shs
Market Capitalization
£656.18 million
P/E Ratio
977.08
Dividend Yield
5.12%
Price Target
GBX 350

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.

Company Overall Sentiment
CMC Markets Neutral
Alpha FX Group Neutral

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CMC Markets£306.19 million2.14£73.08 million£0.24977.08
Alpha FX Group£89.43 million9.06N/A£0.603,200.00

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CMC MarketsOutperform Votes
276
66.19%
Underperform Votes
141
33.81%
Alpha FX GroupOutperform Votes
185
68.52%
Underperform Votes
85
31.48%

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.

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

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CMC Markets 23.87% 19.69% 12.72%
Alpha FX Group N/A N/A N/A

Summary

CMC Markets beats Alpha FX Group on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CMCX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

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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CMCX vs. The Competition

MetricCMC MarketsCapital Markets IndustryFinance SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£656.18M£3.75B£5.88B£1.44B
Dividend Yield5.17%3.42%8.43%11.97%
P/E Ratio977.08460.49144.191,721.56
Price / Sales2.1427,195.603,692.2846,320.25
Price / Cash4.3516.5431.6033.49
Price / Book1.782.493.402.92
Net Income£73.08M£163.23M£648.76M£170.55M
7 Day Performance0.86%3.40%-0.75%-1.61%
1 Month Performance-5.25%-6.55%-6.75%-0.51%
1 Year Performance-9.81%-18.93%19.88%65.69%

CMC Markets Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AFX
Alpha FX Group
0 of 5 stars
N/AN/A+3.8%£810.18M£89.43M3,200.00214
FRP
FRP Advisory Group
2.0795 of 5 stars
GBX 116.50
-1.3%
GBX 180
+54.5%
-7.1%£290.39M£95.16M2,330.00485Dividend Announcement
K3C
K3 Capital Group
0 of 5 stars
GBX 349
flat
N/A+19.3%£269.95M£70.65M2,908.33410
TCAP
TP ICAP Group
2.4106 of 5 stars
GBX 161.90
-4.9%
GBX 305
+88.4%
+39.9%£1.28B£1.95B2,023.755,303Dividend Increase
Gap Up
AJB
AJ Bell
1.2486 of 5 stars
GBX 333.60
-1.8%
GBX 338.33
+1.4%
+4.3%£1.37B£163.08M3,032.731,065Dividend Increase
Gap Up
PLUS
Plus500
1.0674 of 5 stars
GBX 1,713
-2.2%
GBX 1,385
-19.1%
+15.9%£1.58B£815.20M543.811,560
SOI
Schroder Oriental Income Fund
0 of 5 stars
GBX 254
-0.8%
N/A-7.0%£655.50M£32.71M3,628.57125
DGI9
Digital 9 Infrastructure
0 of 5 stars
GBX 76
-0.8%
N/A-35.1%£657.53MN/A690.91N/AHigh Trading Volume
FSFL
Foresight Solar Fund
0 of 5 stars
GBX 110.60
+0.5%
N/A-1.6%£674.62M£207.60M345.63N/ADividend Announcement
Positive News
BRSC
BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust
0 of 5 stars
GBX 1,292
-2.4%
N/A-21.5%£630.63M£-335,300,000.00-183.00N/APositive News
This page (LON:CMCX) was last updated on 3/21/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff