Plus500 (OTCMKTS:PLSQF – Get Free Report) is one of 114 public companies in the “Capital Markets” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Plus500 to similar businesses based on the strength of its profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Plus500 and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Plus500 | N/A | N/A | 20.94 |
| Plus500 Competitors | $1.83 billion | $431.86 million | 448.77 |
Plus500’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Plus500. Plus500 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Plus500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Plus500 Competitors | 128 | 489 | 815 | 8 | 2.49 |
As a group, “Capital Markets” companies have a potential upside of 35.84%. Given Plus500’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Plus500 has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.
Dividends
Plus500 pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Plus500 pays out 105.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Capital Markets” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.6% and pay out 235.3% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Plus500 is clearly a better dividend stock than its competitors, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Profitability
This table compares Plus500 and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Plus500 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Plus500 Competitors | -6.93% | 4.54% | 3.44% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
26.2% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are owned by institutional investors. 31.1% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Plus500 competitors beat Plus500 on 7 of the 10 factors compared.
About Plus500
Plus500 Ltd., a fintech company, operates technology-based trading platformsin Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, and internationally. The company operates an online and mobile trading platform within the contracts for difference (CFDs) sector enabling its international customer base of individual customers to trade CFDs on underlying financial instruments comprising shares, indices, commodities, options, ETFs, foreign exchange, and cryptocurrencies internationally. It also operates Plus500 Invest, a share dealing platform; and TradeSniper, an intuitive futures trading platform for the US retail trading market. The company was formerly known as Investsoft Ltd. and changed its name to Plus500 Ltd. in June 2012. Plus500 Ltd. was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Haifa, Israel.
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