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Best Capital Market Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top capital market stocks in 2025 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:

Bitcoin Depot (NASDAQ:BTM) is the #1 top capital market stock out of 72 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 Bitcoin Depot (NASDAQ:BTM) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: A, Sentiment: C, Safety: D, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Bitcoin Depot (NASDAQ:BTM) has a Due Diligence Score of 13, which is -15 points lower than the capital market industry average of 28. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates BTM as a "A".

BTM passed 4 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Bitcoin Depot has seen its stock return 250.63% over the past year, overperforming other capital market stocks by 219 percentage points.

Bitcoin Depot has an average 1 year price target of $4.75, a downside of -14.26% from Bitcoin Depot's current stock price of $5.54.

Bitcoin Depot stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Bitcoin Depot, 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.

Bgc Group (NASDAQ:BGC) is the #2 top capital market stock out of 72 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: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Bgc Group (NASDAQ:BGC) has a Due Diligence Score of 41, which is 13 points higher than the capital market industry average of 28.

BGC passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Bgc Group has seen its stock return 10.63% over the past year, underperforming other capital market stocks by -21 percentage points.

Bgc Group has an average 1 year price target of $14.50, an upside of 39.29% from Bgc Group's current stock price of $10.41.

Bgc Group stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Bgc Group, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Siebert Financial (NASDAQ:SIEB) is the #3 top capital market stock out of 72 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Siebert Financial (NASDAQ:SIEB) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: D.

Siebert Financial (NASDAQ:SIEB) has a Due Diligence Score of 54, which is 26 points higher than the capital market industry average of 28.

SIEB passed 17 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Siebert Financial has seen its stock return 111.05% over the past year, overperforming other capital market stocks by 79 percentage points.

Out of 24 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 7.14%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the capital market industry average of 1.69%. 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 -87% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Xp (NASDAQ:XP) has an annual dividend yield of 3.62%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the capital market industry average of 1.69%.

Xp's dividend payout ratio of 45.3% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Moelis & Co (NYSE:MC) has an annual dividend yield of 3.53%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the capital market industry average of 1.69%. 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 shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Moelis & Co's dividend payout ratio of 105.2% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Capital market stocks were up 1% in the last day, and up 0.6% over the last week. Defi Technologies was the among the top gainers in the capital markets industry, gaining 14.85% yesterday.

Defi Technologies shares are trading higher after the company provided Bitcoin assets under management updates for its subsidiary, Valour.

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:

Siebert Financial (NASDAQ:SIEB) 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.

Siebert Financial has a valuation score of 71, which is 53 points higher than the capital market industry average of 18. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Siebert Financial's stock has gained 111.05% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the capital market industry by 79 percentage points.

Oppenheimer Holdings (NYSE:OPY) 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.

Oppenheimer Holdings has a valuation score of 57, which is 39 points higher than the capital market industry average of 18. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Oppenheimer Holdings's stock has gained 27.05% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the capital market industry by -5 percentage points.

Nomura Holdings (NYSE:NMR) 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.

Nomura Holdings has a valuation score of 43, which is 25 points higher than the capital market industry average of 18. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Nomura Holdings's stock has gained 6.45% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the capital market industry by -26 percentage points.

47.83% of capital market stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect capital market stocks to rise by 4.03% over the next year.

3.39% of capital market stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 10.17% of capital market stocks are rated B (Buy), 55.93% are rated C (Hold), 15.25% are rated D (Sell), and 15.25% are rated F (Strong Sell).