Head-To-Head Review: Siebert Financial (NASDAQ:SIEB) vs. TOP Financial Group (NASDAQ:TOP)

Institutional & Insider Ownership

1.5% of Siebert Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of TOP Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.0% of Siebert Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Siebert Financial	11.00%	10.78%	1.73%
TOP Financial Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Siebert Financial and TOP Financial Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Siebert Financial	$83.90 million	1.44	$13.29 million	$0.24	12.17
TOP Financial Group	$3.33 million	14.24	-$5.97 million	N/A	N/A

Siebert Financial has higher revenue and earnings than TOP Financial Group.

Volatility and Risk

Siebert Financial has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TOP Financial Group has a beta of -1.34, meaning that its share price is 234% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Siebert Financial beats TOP Financial Group on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Siebert Financial

Siebert Financial Corp., through its subsidiaries, engages in the retail brokerage and investment advisory businesses in the United States and Internationally. It offers self-directed trading, market making and fixed income investment, stock borrow, stock loan, equity compensation plans, wealth management, and financial advisory services; independent retail execution services; and retail customer services. The company also offers self-directed retirement accounts, as well as lends customers a portion of the market value of marginable securities held in the customer's account. In addition, the company provides data technology platform that offers various services, such as email and messaging, market data systems and third party trading systems, business productivity tools, and customer relationship management systems. Further, it offers a Robo-Advisor platform that provides clients with an automated wealth management solution; and various insurance products, such as fixed annuities, personal insurance, property and casualty insurance, natural disaster insurance, and life and disability. Siebert Financial Corp. was incorporated in 1934 and is headquartered in Miami Beach, Florida.

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.