BGC Group (BGC) Competitors

BGC Group (NASDAQ:BGC) and Stifel Financial (NYSE:SF) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk and media sentiment.

Is BGC or SF more profitable?

Stifel Financial has a net margin of 12.26% compared to BGC Group's net margin of 5.64%. BGC Group's return on equity of 46.98% beat Stifel Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BGC Group	5.64%	46.98%	11.82%
Stifel Financial	12.26%	13.88%	1.72%

Do analysts recommend BGC or SF?

BGC Group presently has a consensus target price of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 38.10%. Stifel Financial has a consensus target price of $105.50, suggesting a potential downside of 3.39%. Given BGC Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities 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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in BGC or SF?

52.1% of BGC Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of Stifel Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.3% of BGC Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Stifel Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, BGC or SF?

BGC Group has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stifel Financial has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, 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	$2.26B	2.27	$126.99M	$0.27	38.89
Stifel Financial	$4.97B	2.26	$731.38M	$5.23	20.88

Does the media prefer BGC or SF?

In the previous week, Stifel Financial had 9 more articles in the media than BGC Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Stifel Financial and 6 mentions for BGC Group. Stifel Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat BGC Group's score of 0.05 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Stifel Financial	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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 1.7%. 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

Stifel Financial beats BGC Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.