Comparing Binah Capital Group (NASDAQ:BCG) & ONEX (OTCMKTS:ONEXF)

Binah Capital Group (NASDAQ:BCG) and ONEX (OTCMKTS:ONEXF) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

5.0% of Binah Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.7% of ONEX shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Binah Capital Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Binah Capital Group and ONEX, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Binah Capital Group	1	0	0	0	1.00
ONEX	0	1	2	0	2.67

Volatility and Risk

Binah Capital Group has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ONEX has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Binah Capital Group and ONEX’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Binah Capital Group	0.58%	509.27%	1.55%
ONEX	68.63%	7.21%	4.58%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Binah Capital Group and ONEX”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Binah Capital Group	$168.90 million	0.20	-$4.56 million	$0.03	69.00
ONEX	$899.00 million	5.85	$617.00 million	$8.87	8.65

ONEX has higher revenue and earnings than Binah Capital Group. ONEX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Binah Capital Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

ONEX beats Binah Capital Group on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Binah Capital Group

Binah Capital Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates in the wealth management industry. The company provides access to stock, bond, exchange-traded fund, and options execution services; and research, compliance, supervision, and accounting and related services for financial advisors. It also offers mutual funds and insurance products, as well as alternative investments, such as non-traded real estate investment trusts, unit trusts, and fixed and variable annuities. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Albany, New York. Binah Capital Group, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of MHC Securities, LLC.

About ONEX

Onex Corporation is a private equity firm specializing in acquisitions and platform acquisitions. The firm makes investments in buyouts, large- middle market, large-cap, mid-cap, and small-cap market and distressed companies. It also invests in recapitalization, growth capital, corporate carve-outs of subsidiaries and mission-critical supply divisions from multinational corporations, operational restructurings of undervalued businesses, and builds up. The firm seeks to invest in technology, electronics manufacturing services, industrial, aerospace, healthcare, retail, restaurants, industrials products, customer care services, metal services, building products, entertainment, gaming, cabinetry products, commercial vehicles, commercial and investment banking, financial services, commercial and multi-unit residential real estate. It invests in global businesses headquartered in North America, including United States and Canada, or Europe. The firm seeks to invest between $125 million and $1 billion in companies that have minimum revenues of $300 million. It does not consider size if the company is in an industry in which the firm already has presence. The firm seeks to make direct as well as co-investments through managed private equity, real estate and credit funds. It seeks to acquire a control position in its portfolio companies. Onex Corporation was founded in 1984 and is based in Toronto, Canada with additional offices in New York, New York; Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey; Boston, Massachusetts and London, United Kingdom.