Head-To-Head Analysis: TOP Financial Group (TOP) vs. Its Competitors

TOP Financial Group (NASDAQ:TOP) is one of 1,749 public companies in the “Capital Markets” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare TOP Financial Group to related businesses based on the strength of its profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Risk and Volatility

TOP Financial Group has a beta of -1.08, meaning that its share price is 208% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TOP Financial Group’s peers have a beta of 0.82, meaning that their average share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares TOP Financial Group and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TOP Financial Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
TOP Financial Group Competitors	267.08%	78.00%	3.52%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares TOP Financial Group and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
TOP Financial Group	$4.72 million	-$1.17 million	-747.00
TOP Financial Group Competitors	$2.39 billion	$396.20 million	9.28

TOP Financial Group’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than TOP Financial Group. TOP Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for TOP Financial Group and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TOP Financial Group	1	0	0	0	1.00
TOP Financial Group Competitors	5362	19698	21895	612	2.37

As a group, “Capital Markets” companies have a potential upside of 26.12%. Given TOP Financial Group’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe TOP Financial Group has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.3% of TOP Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.5% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are held by institutional investors. 85.6% of TOP Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

TOP Financial Group peers beat TOP Financial Group on 12 of the 13 factors compared.

TOP Financial Group Company Profile

TOP Financial Group Limited, through its subsidiaries, operates as an online brokerage company in Hong Kong. It is involved in the trading of local and overseas equities, futures, and options products; and the provision of brokerage and value-added services, including trade order placement and execution, account management, and customer support services. The company provides a range of futures products, such as index futures, forex futures, agricultural product futures, energy futures, and precious metal futures. It also offers stock brokerage, options brokerage, consulting services, currency exchange services, structured note subscriber services, and margin financing services. The company was formerly known as Zhong Yang Financial Group Limited and changed its name to TOP Financial Group Limited in July 2022. TOP Financial Group Limited was founded in 2015 and is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. TOP Financial Group Limited is a subsidiary of Zhong Yang Holdings (BVI) Limited.