BGC Group (BGC) Competitors

BGC Group (NASDAQ:BGC) and Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and profitability.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in BGC or SF?

52.1% of BGC Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of Stifel Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 26.3% of BGC Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Stifel Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BGC or SF?

Stifel Financial has higher revenue and earnings than BGC Group. Stifel Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BGC 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
BGC Group	$2.29B	2.08	$126.99M	$0.27	36.07
Stifel Financial	$5.00B	2.00	$731.38M	$5.23	18.58

Do analysts recommend BGC or SF?

BGC Group presently has a consensus target price of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 48.87%. Stifel Financial has a consensus target price of $105.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.56%. Given BGC Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe BGC Group is more favorable than Stifel Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BGC Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Stifel Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Which has more volatility & risk, BGC or SF?

BGC Group has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stifel Financial has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to BGC or SF?

In the previous week, Stifel Financial had 5 more articles in the media than BGC Group. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Stifel Financial and 11 mentions for BGC Group. Stifel Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat BGC Group's score of 0.16 indicating that Stifel Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BGC Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Stifel Financial	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BGC or SF more profitable?

Stifel Financial has a net margin of 14.00% compared to BGC Group's net margin of 5.59%. BGC Group's return on equity of 47.55% beat Stifel Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BGC Group	5.59%	47.55%	11.71%
Stifel Financial	14.00%	16.59%	2.04%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BGC or SF?

BGC Group received 38 more outperform votes than Stifel Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.96% of users gave BGC Group an outperform vote while only 55.09% of users gave Stifel Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BGC Group	Outperform Votes 325 59.96%	Underperform Votes 217 40.04%
Stifel Financial	Outperform Votes 287 55.09%	Underperform Votes 234 44.91%

Is BGC or SF a better dividend stock?

BGC Group pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Stifel Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. BGC Group pays out 29.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stifel Financial pays out 35.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. BGC Group has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Stifel Financial has raised its dividend for 9 consecutive years. Stifel Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

BGC Group and Stifel Financial tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.