profit from every £100 of sales.
£0£100
CMC Markets
£7.08-0.28% today
+228.5% in 1 year
1-year low £2.101-year high £7.85
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay £30.71 for every £1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
Not measured for banks and insurers: deposits and policy reserves count as debt, so the usual debt test says nothing about them.
Money in, money out
What CMC Markets sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from £327 million in 2022 to £360 million in 2025, with £62.2 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
CMC Markets handed back 26% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks £15M£29M
Free cash flow 2025£166M
Bought back its own shares£15M
Paid as dividends£29M
Cash vs. debt£248M vs. £14M
CMC Markets vs. similar companies
CMC Markets grows the slowest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from £100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per £1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMC Markets | 30.7× · Expensive | ||
 Morgan Stanley | 17.7× · Fair price | ||
 The Goldman Sachs Group | 15.4× · Fair price | ||
 The Charles Schwab | 18.1× · Fair price | ||
 Interactive Brokers Group | 141.6× · Very expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads CMC Markets's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 327 | 325 | 360 | 360 | |
| 208 | 187 | 214 | 226 | |
| 101 | 62 | 83 | 94 | |
| 106 | 70 | 93 | 100 | |
| 71 | 41 | 47 | 62 | |
| 0.25 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.23 | |
| 63.6% | 57.5% | 59.6% | 62.9% | |
| 31.0% | 19.2% | 23.1% | 26.2% | |
| 21.9% | 12.7% | 13.0% | 17.3% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 647 | 586 | 717 | 732 |
| Cash | 177 | 146 | 160 | 248 |
| Total debt | 14 | 12 | 17 | 14 |
| Total liabilities | 278 | 212 | 313 | 314 |
| 369 | 374 | 403 | 418 | |
| 292 | 284 | 280 | 275 | |
| 18.3% | 10.6% | 11.6% | 15.0% | |
| 19.4% | 11.1% | 11.6% | 14.9% |
Cash flow
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 156 | 71 | 80 | 175 | |
| 16 | 28 | 20 | 9 | |
| 140 | 43 | 60 | 166 | |
| Dividends paid | 73 | 35 | 14 | 29 |
| 4 | 28 | 2 | 15 | |
| 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
This is a bank or insurer, so cash-flow and debt ratios are left out: borrowing and lending is the business itself. Price to book and return on equity are the measures that matter here.
Valuation
- 30.7×
- –
- –
- 3.1×
- 5.3×
- 3.3%
- 1.5%
Profitability
- 17.3%
- 15.0%
- 13.9%
- –
- –
Growth
- +3.3%
- −2.9%
- –
- −1.9%
How it ranks in Financial Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 13%of 854
Top 40%of 733
Bottom 16%of 876
Bottom 30%of 878
Top 34%of 929
1.5%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$15a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
46.2% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 17.3%
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
3/7Passes 3 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
71Pass
Benjamin Graham
48No pass
Philip Fisher
58No pass
Peter Lynch
32No pass
Joel Greenblatt
30No pass
Charlie Munger
67Pass
Terry Smith
60Pass
Questions about CMC Markets
Is CMC Markets a good stock to buy?
A solid business, but the price is high. 3 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the CMC Markets AI analysis
What does CMC Markets do?
CMC Markets Plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides a platform for investing, trading, and brokerage in the United Kingdom, Australia, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Trading and Investing. It is in Capital Markets, based in London, United Kingdom.
Does CMC Markets pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 1.5% a year, about 46% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out £28.7 million in dividends.
Is CMC Markets stock halal?
Yes. CMC Markets passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 0.8% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has CMC Markets stock done over the past year?
Up 228.5% over the past twelve months, to £7.08. It traded between £2.10 and £7.85 and is 9.8% below its high.
Who are CMC Markets's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Morgan Stanley, The Goldman Sachs Group, The Charles Schwab and Interactive Brokers Group. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with CMC Markets's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.