TOP Financial Group (TOP) & Its Rivals Financial Analysis

TOP Financial Group (NASDAQ:TOP) is one of 1,743 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 earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends and valuation.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.3% of TOP Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.6% 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

TOP Financial Group has a beta of -0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 182% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TOP Financial Group’s rivals have a beta of 0.79, suggesting that their average stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for TOP Financial Group and its rivals, as provided 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	5568	20165	22512	644	2.37

As a group, “Capital Markets” companies have a potential upside of 24.65%. 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.

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	318.48%	79.19%	3.72%

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
TOP Financial Group	$4.72 million	-$1.17 million	-734.50
TOP Financial Group Competitors	$2.39 billion	$398.52 million	17.29

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.

Summary

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

About TOP Financial Group

TOP Financial Group Limited is a financial services holding company that provides online brokerage services through its subsidiaries. Its offerings include securities brokerage and futures brokerage, serving individual and institutional clients. The company’s operations are based in Hong Kong, where its subsidiaries are licensed to provide financial services. Its trading services cover securities and futures markets, including markets in Hong Kong and the United States. Previously known as Zhong Yang Financial Group Limited, the company adopted the TOP Financial Group name in 2022.