IBKR vs. CME, ICE, MCO, NDAQ, MSCI, MKTX, AROW, PHH, MS, and GS
Should you be buying Interactive Brokers Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Interactive Brokers Group include CME Group (CME), Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Moody's (MCO), Nasdaq (NDAQ), MSCI (MSCI), MarketAxess (MKTX), Arrow Financial (AROW), PHH (PHH), Morgan Stanley (MS), and The Goldman Sachs Group (GS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Interactive Brokers Group vs. Its Competitors
Interactive Brokers Group (NASDAQ:IBKR) and CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
CME Group has a net margin of 57.52% compared to Interactive Brokers Group's net margin of 9.25%. CME Group's return on equity of 13.62% beat Interactive Brokers Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, CME Group had 20 more articles in the media than Interactive Brokers Group. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for CME Group and 11 mentions for Interactive Brokers Group. CME Group's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Interactive Brokers Group's score of 0.02 indicating that CME Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
23.8% of Interactive Brokers Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of CME Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Interactive Brokers Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of CME Group shares are owned 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.
Interactive Brokers Group currently has a consensus price target of $213.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.05%. CME Group has a consensus price target of $258.20, indicating a potential downside of 3.53%. Given Interactive Brokers Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Interactive Brokers Group is more favorable than CME Group.
CME Group received 358 more outperform votes than Interactive Brokers Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.57% of users gave CME Group an outperform vote while only 56.76% of users gave Interactive Brokers Group an outperform vote.
Interactive Brokers Group has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CME Group has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Interactive Brokers Group pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. CME Group pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Interactive Brokers Group pays out 17.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CME Group pays out 50.3% 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. Interactive Brokers Group has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
CME Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Interactive Brokers Group. CME Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Interactive Brokers Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
CME Group beats Interactive Brokers Group on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:IBKR) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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