Comparing TOP Financial Group (TOP) & Its Peers

TOP Financial Group (NASDAQ:TOP) is one of 1,747 publicly-traded companies in the “Capital Markets” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare TOP Financial Group to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for TOP Financial Group and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TOP Financial Group	1	0	0	0	1.00
TOP Financial Group Competitors	5338	19677	21885	612	2.37

As a group, “Capital Markets” companies have a potential upside of 22.94%. Given TOP Financial Group’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe TOP Financial Group has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.3% of TOP Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.7% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are held by institutional investors. 12.9% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares TOP Financial Group and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
TOP Financial Group	$4.72 million	-$1.17 million	-763.00
TOP Financial Group Competitors	$5.15 billion	$397.44 million	10.02

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

Volatility and Risk

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 rivals 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 rivals’ 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	267.78%	78.34%	3.56%

Summary

TOP Financial Group rivals beat TOP Financial Group on 13 of the 13 factors compared.

About TOP Financial Group

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.