Comparing TOP Financial Group (TOP) and Its Peers

TOP Financial Group (NASDAQ:TOP) is one of 1,748 publicly-traded companies in the “Capital Markets” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare TOP Financial Group to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

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%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for TOP Financial Group and its peers, 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	5369	19704	21888	613	2.37

As a group, “Capital Markets” companies have a potential upside of 25.97%. Given TOP Financial Group’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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 owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.5% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are owned by institutional investors. 85.6% of TOP Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

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

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
TOP Financial Group	$4.72 million	-$1.17 million	-731.50
TOP Financial Group Competitors	$29.11 billion	$396.78 million	9.26

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.

Summary

TOP Financial Group peers beat TOP Financial Group on 12 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.