Freedom vs Interactive Brokers
FRHC and IBKR side by side, both in security brokers, dealers, and flotation. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How FRHC and IBKR compare
Interactive Brokers is the larger company, worth 2.9 times as much as Freedom ($34.8B against $11.9B).
On earnings, Interactive Brokers is cheaper: it trades at 30.8× trailing earnings, against 73.9× for Freedom.
Interactive Brokers grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (22.1% versus 15.3% for Freedom).
Interactive Brokers pays a dividend yielding 0.44%; Freedom does not pay one.
Interactive Brokers scores higher on the StockData Score (9 against 7 for Freedom), 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 | FRHC | IBKR |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $11.9B | $34.8B |
| Share price | $187.00 | $76.90 |
| Change, 1 year | 19.5% | 11.1% |
| Change, 5 years | 167% | 317% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.98 | 1.13 |
| Employees | 12K | 3,182 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 7 | 9 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 4 | 4 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 73.9× | 30.8× (better) |
| P/S | 5.0× (better) | 12.8× |
| P/B | 7.8× | 5.9× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 41.3× | – |
| PEG | – | 0.92 |
| FCF yield | −7.5% | – |
| Fair value | $55.75 | $47.84 |
| Margin of safety | −235% | −60.7% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 15.3% | 22.1% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 44.6% (better) | 13.6% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 95.1% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 94.6% (better) | 31.6% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −0.39% | 29.7% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 95.8% | – |
| Net margin | 6.5% | – |
| FCF margin | −37.2% | – |
| Return on equity | 11.2% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Altman Z-score | 0.87 (better) | 0.13 |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | – |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.44% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 0.44% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 3.5% | 85.7% |
| Held by insiders | 68.1% | 2.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$8.8M (better) | −$32.7M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 5 |
| Short interest, % of float | 5.1% | 3.1% |
Go deeper
- FRHC stock overview
- FRHC income statement
- FRHC valuation and score
- IBKR stock overview
- IBKR income statement
- IBKR valuation and score
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