Critical Analysis: TOP Financial Group (TOP) & 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 rivals? We will compare TOP Financial Group to similar companies based on the strength of its profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations 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	5351	19688	21892	610	2.37

As a group, “Capital Markets” companies have a potential upside of 23.26%. 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.

Volatility & Risk

TOP Financial Group has a beta of -1.08, suggesting 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, suggesting 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	273.38%	78.21%	3.57%

Insider & Institutional 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. 85.6% of TOP Financial Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
TOP Financial Group	$4.47 million	-$1.17 million	-760.00
TOP Financial Group Competitors	$2.65 billion	$396.93 million	10.64

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 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.