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BGC Group, Inc BGC
$11.78 +1.38% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $5.58B
High quality
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $3.37B, up 33.3% from a year earlier, slowing from 42.8% a quarter earlier.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.42, up 38.7% year over year.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 130 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Financial Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth67Positive
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 12%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 27%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 44%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 34%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 17%
Quality84Strong
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 30%
- Gross marginTop 15%
- Operating marginBottom 26%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 16%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 17%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 43%
- Interest coverTop 26%
Value65Positive
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 34%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 44%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 42%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 27%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 22%
Momentum79Positive
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 27%
- 6-month returnTop 22%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 23%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 42%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 27%
Revisions17Very weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 44%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 43%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 9%
Stability21Very weak
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 25%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 35%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 22%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 43%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 42.8% | 33.3% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 39.3% | 38.7% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 43.6% | 80.0% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 11.0% | 11.9% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 13.6% | 11.4% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 33.3% | 42.8% | ↓ | Top 12% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 38.7% | 39.3% | ↓ | Top 27% |
| Gross margin | 80.0% | 43.6% | ↑ | Top 15% |
| Operating margin | 11.9% | 11.0% | ↑ | Bottom 26% |
| Net margin | 5.9% | 6.0% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 11.4% | 13.6% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 4.8% | — | Top 30% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 19.2% | — | Top 34% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.25×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 7.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +10.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.93×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 3.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.70%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 4.44%
- Shareholder yield
- 5.13%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +6.9%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +3.7%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $11.50
- Target vs current price
- -2.4%
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | +4.5% | -0.8% | -6.9% | +1.1% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | +0.0% | +3.7% | +2.5% | -3.0% | +4.6% |
| Feb 12, 2026 | +6.9% | +9.1% | +11.5% | +6.1% | +30.8% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | +3.6% | -0.1% | +0.5% | -3.4% | +0.2% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | -25.8% | -4.6% | +1.9% | +3.3% | -3.1% |
| May 7, 2025 | +0.0% | -1.9% | -1.6% | -1.7% | -0.1% |
| Feb 14, 2025 | +0.0% | -1.6% | -2.7% | -7.2% | -2.1% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | +13.0% | -1.9% | +17.7% | +2.7% | -1.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | $0.35 | $0.34 | +4.5% | $845.5M |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.41 | $0.41 | +0.0% | $955.5M |
| Feb 12, 2026 | $0.31 | $0.29 | +6.9% | $756.4M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $0.29 | $0.28 | +3.6% | $722.8M |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $0.23 | $0.31 | -25.8% | $784.0M |
| May 7, 2025 | $0.29 | $0.29 | +0.0% | $652.6M |
| Feb 14, 2025 | $0.25 | $0.25 | +0.0% | $560.0M |
| Oct 31, 2024 | $0.26 | $0.23 | +13.0% | $561.1M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 28.3× | 34.4× | 24th | Bottom 34% |
| P/E (forward) | 8.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.8× | — | — | Top 42% |
| EV / Sales | 1.95× | — | — | Top 27% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 6.87% | — | — | Bottom 44% |
| Earnings yield | 3.53% | — | — | Bottom 34% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 11.7× – 328.8× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +27.2%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +38.7%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -27.7%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 1
- Days above the 200-day average
- 130
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +1.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +11.3%
- RSI (14)
- 48.3
- Relative volume
- 0.94×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 31.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 28th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.97
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.44
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -6.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -34.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2021 | May 18, 2022 | -51.8% | 235 days | 376 days (Nov 15, 2023) |
| Nov 11, 2024 | Apr 7, 2025 | -34.7% | 99 days | 255 days (Apr 14, 2026) |
| Dec 4, 2020 | Jan 29, 2021 | -20.4% | 37 days | 10 days (Feb 12, 2021) |
| Jun 24, 2026 | Aug 11, 2026 | -19.7% | 33 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 23, 2021 | Mar 24, 2021 | -14.3% | 21 days | 6 days (Apr 1, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $5.58B
- P/E (TTM)
- 28.3
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.42
- Revenue (TTM)
- $3.37B
- Dividend yield
- 0.68%
- 52-week range
- $8.27 – $12.89
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.99B | $1.77B | $1.98B | $2.21B | $3.01B |
| Gross profit | $633.3M | $837.2M | $893.2M | $979.5M | $2.69B |
| Operating income | -$34.6M | $202.5M | $138.7M | $185.1M | $316.3M |
| Net income | $124.0M | $48.7M | $36.3M | $127.0M | $155.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.32 | $0.13 | $0.07 | $0.25 | $0.31 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $544.2M | $560.0M | $652.6M | $768.7M | $722.8M | $823.1M | $955.5M | $865.5M |
| Net income | $14.7M | $25.2M | $55.2M | $57.5M | $27.9M | $14.4M | $84.1M | $72.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.03 | $0.05 | $0.11 | $0.11 | $0.06 | $0.03 | $0.18 | $0.15 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $417.2M | $224.4M | $405.2M | $315.4M | $333.9M |
| Capital expenditure | -$53.3M | -$58.8M | -$59.9M | -$72.1M | -$66.0M |
| Free cash flow | $363.9M | $165.6M | $345.3M | $243.3M | $267.8M |
| Dividends paid | -$15.1M | -$14.9M | -$17.4M | -$34.2M | -$39.0M |
| Net share buybacks | -$476.0M | -$180.1M | -$232.4M | -$401.1M | -$281.5M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $881.1M
- Total assets
- $5.75B
- Total liabilities
- $4.48B
- Total debt
- $1.77B
- Net debt
- $987.5M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.11B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2026 | $0.02 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| May 27, 2026 | $0.02 | Jun 10, 2026 |
| Mar 4, 2026 | $0.02 | Mar 18, 2026 |
| Nov 26, 2025 | $0.02 | Dec 10, 2025 |
| Aug 20, 2025 | $0.02 | Sep 3, 2025 |
| May 27, 2025 | $0.02 | Jun 10, 2025 |
| Mar 6, 2025 | $0.02 | Mar 20, 2025 |
| Nov 21, 2024 | $0.02 | Dec 4, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 11,804,165
- Days to cover
- 4.01
- Change vs previous report
- -6.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Dec 3, 2018
- 311-for-200
- May 15, 1998
- 3-for-2