BGC vs StoneX
BGC and SNEX side by side, both in security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges & services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BGC and SNEX compare
StoneX is the larger company, worth 1.2 times as much as BGC ($6.4B against $5.4B).
On earnings, StoneX is cheaper: it trades at 12.5× trailing earnings, against 27.9× for BGC.
BGC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (27.6% versus 20.6% for StoneX).
BGC keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 6.0% compared with 0.33% at StoneX.
BGC pays a dividend yielding 0.70%; StoneX does not pay one.
StoneX scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 15 for BGC), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BGC | SNEX |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $5.4B | $6.4B |
| Share price | $11.42 | $52.83 |
| Change, 1 year | 23.2% | 27.5% |
| Change, 5 years | 122% | 273% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.99 | 0.73 |
| Employees | 4,560 | 5,400 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 15 | 17 (better) |
| Valuation score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Growth score | 4 | 4 |
| Performance score | 4 | 4 |
| Health score | 2 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 27.9× | 12.5× (better) |
| P/S | 1.6× | 0.0× (better) |
| P/B | 4.9× | 2.2× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.4× | 5.3× (better) |
| P/FCF | 11.2× | 1.7× (better) |
| PEG | 0.83 (better) | 1.28 |
| FCF yield | 8.9% | 59.4% (better) |
| Fair value | $11.11 | $87.44 |
| Margin of safety | −2.8% | 39.6% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 27.6% (better) | 20.6% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 7.4% | 19.6% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 33.6% | 77.5% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 36.7% | 60.3% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 20.9% (better) | 9.0% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 3.6% |
| Net margin | 6.0% (better) | 0.33% |
| FCF margin | 14.7% (better) | 2.4% |
| Return on equity | 19.5% | 21.9% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.60 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.65 | – |
| Altman Z-score | 1.11 | 3.05 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.70% | – |
| Payout ratio | 19.5% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 2 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | −14.0% | – |
| Buyback yield | 4.1% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 4.8% (better) | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 65.4% | 83.5% |
| Held by insiders | 48.6% | 9.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$95.5K (better) | −$173M |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.1% | 4.4% |
Go deeper
- BGC stock overview
- BGC income statement
- BGC valuation and score
- SNEX stock overview
- SNEX income statement
- SNEX valuation and score
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