BGC Group (BGC) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, SF or BGC?

Stifel Financial has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, BGC Group has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

82.0% of Stifel Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.1% of BGC Group shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Stifel Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.3% of BGC Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is SF or BGC a better dividend stock?

Stifel Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. BGC Group pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Stifel Financial pays out 35.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BGC Group pays out 30.8% 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.

Do analysts recommend SF or BGC?

Stifel Financial currently has a consensus price target of $105.50, suggesting a potential upside of 23.32%. BGC Group has a consensus price target of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 60.04%. Given BGC Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BGC Group is more favorable than Stifel Financial.

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

Does the media favor SF or BGC?

In the previous week, Stifel Financial had 21 more articles in the media than BGC Group. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Stifel Financial and 2 mentions for BGC Group. Stifel Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat BGC Group's score of 0.93 indicating that Stifel Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Stifel Financial	15 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BGC Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SF or BGC?

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

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, SF or BGC?

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
Stifel Financial	$4.99B	1.78	$731.38M	$5.23	16.36
BGC Group	$2.21B	1.98	$126.99M	$0.26	34.85

Is SF or BGC 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
Stifel Financial	14.00%	16.59%	2.04%
BGC Group	5.59%	47.55%	11.71%

Summary

BGC Group beats Stifel Financial on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.