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Best Capital Market Stocks to Buy Now (2026)

Top capital market stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best capital market stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best capital market stocks to buy right now are:

Cohen & Co (NYSEMKT:COHN) is the #1 top capital market stock out of 80 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Cohen & Co (NYSEMKT:COHN) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Cohen & Co (NYSEMKT:COHN) has a Due Diligence Score of 41, which is 10 points higher than the capital market industry average of 31.

COHN passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Cohen & Co has seen its stock return 77.8% over the past year, overperforming other capital market stocks by 72 percentage points.

Bgc Group (NASDAQ:BGC) is the #2 top capital market stock out of 80 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Bgc Group (NASDAQ:BGC) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Bgc Group (NASDAQ:BGC) has a Due Diligence Score of 43, which is 12 points higher than the capital market industry average of 31.

BGC passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Bgc Group has seen its stock lose -1.3% over the past year, underperforming other capital market stocks by -7 percentage points.

Donnelley Financial Solutions (NYSE:DFIN) is the #3 top capital market stock out of 80 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Donnelley Financial Solutions (NYSE:DFIN) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: D, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Donnelley Financial Solutions (NYSE:DFIN) has a Due Diligence Score of 42, which is 11 points higher than the capital market industry average of 31.

DFIN passed 13 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Donnelley Financial Solutions has seen its stock lose -33.93% over the past year, underperforming other capital market stocks by -40 percentage points.

Donnelley Financial Solutions has an average 1 year price target of $61.50, an upside of 38.58% from Donnelley Financial Solutions's current stock price of $44.38.

Donnelley Financial Solutions stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Donnelley Financial Solutions, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 26 capital market stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 capital market stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Cohen & Co (NYSEMKT:COHN) has an annual dividend yield of 16.06%, which is 14 percentage points higher than the capital market industry average of 2.16%. Cohen & Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Cohen & Co's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Cohen & Co's dividend payout ratio of 41.2% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Brbi Br Partners Sa (NASDAQ:BRBI) has an annual dividend yield of 5.37%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the capital market industry average of 2.16%.

Brbi Br Partners Sa's dividend payout ratio of 182.8% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Moelis & Co (NYSE:MC) has an annual dividend yield of 3.57%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the capital market industry average of 2.16%. Moelis & Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% nine times in the last 10 years. Moelis & Co's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Moelis & Co's dividend payout ratio of 80.2% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Capital market stocks were down -1.65% in the last day, and up 1.6% over the last week. Robinhood Markets was the among the top losers in the capital markets industry, dropping -1.11% yesterday.

Robinhood Markets shares are trading lower after the company reported worse-than-expected Q4 sales results.

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued capital market stocks right now are:

Virtu Financial (NYSE:VIRT) is the most undervalued capital market stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Virtu Financial has a valuation score of 29, which is 2 points higher than the capital market industry average of 27. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Virtu Financial's stock has gained 2.71% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the capital market industry by -3 percentage points.

Cohen & Co (NYSEMKT:COHN) is the second most undervalued capital market stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Cohen & Co has a valuation score of 71, which is 44 points higher than the capital market industry average of 27. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cohen & Co's stock has gained 77.8% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the capital market industry by 72 percentage points.

Donnelley Financial Solutions (NYSE:DFIN) is the third most undervalued capital market stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Donnelley Financial Solutions has a valuation score of 57, which is 30 points higher than the capital market industry average of 27. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Donnelley Financial Solutions's stock has dropped -33.93% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the capital market industry by -40 percentage points.

51.92% of capital market stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect capital market stocks to rise by 16.08% over the next year.

4.62% of capital market stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 7.69% of capital market stocks are rated B (Buy), 63.08% are rated C (Hold), 13.85% are rated D (Sell), and 10.77% are rated F (Strong Sell).