StoneX Group (SNEX) Competitors

StoneX Group (NASDAQ:SNEX) and W.P. Carey (NYSE:WPC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in SNEX or WPC?

75.9% of StoneX Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.7% of W.P. Carey shares are held by institutional investors. 11.7% of StoneX Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of W.P. Carey shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SNEX or WPC?

W.P. Carey has lower revenue, but higher earnings than StoneX Group. StoneX Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than W.P. Carey, 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
StoneX Group	$99.89B	0.05	$260.80M	$5.87	15.51
W.P. Carey	$1.58B	9.02	$460.84M	$1.52	42.89

Is SNEX or WPC more profitable?

W.P. Carey has a net margin of 20.42% compared to StoneX Group's net margin of 0.23%. StoneX Group's return on equity of 16.20% beat W.P. Carey's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
StoneX Group	0.23%	16.20%	0.97%
W.P. Carey	20.42%	4.00%	1.91%

Do analysts prefer SNEX or WPC?

W.P. Carey has a consensus target price of $65.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.30%. Given W.P. Carey's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe W.P. Carey is more favorable than StoneX Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
StoneX Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
W.P. Carey	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.10

Which has more volatility & risk, SNEX or WPC?

StoneX Group has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W.P. Carey has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SNEX or WPC?

In the previous week, StoneX Group had 10 more articles in the media than W.P. Carey. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for StoneX Group and 12 mentions for W.P. Carey. W.P. Carey's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat StoneX Group's score of 1.16 indicating that W.P. Carey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
StoneX Group	13 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
W.P. Carey	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

W.P. Carey beats StoneX Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.