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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:

Bgc Group (NASDAQ:BGC) is the #1 top capital market stock out of 81 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 38, which is 7 points higher than the capital market industry average of 31.

BGC passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Bgc Group has seen its stock return 12.49% over the past year, underperforming other capital market stocks by -3 percentage points.

Donnelley Financial Solutions (NYSE:DFIN) is the #2 top capital market stock out of 81 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: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Donnelley Financial Solutions (NYSE:DFIN) has a Due Diligence Score of 45, which is 14 points higher than the capital market industry average of 31.

DFIN passed 15 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Donnelley Financial Solutions has seen its stock lose -24.12% over the past year, underperforming other capital market stocks by -39 percentage points.

Donnelley Financial Solutions has an average 1 year price target of $59.50, an upside of 46.05% from Donnelley Financial Solutions's current stock price of $40.74.

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.

Evercore (NYSE:EVR) is the #3 top capital market stock out of 81 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 Evercore (NYSE:EVR) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Evercore (NYSE:EVR) has a Due Diligence Score of 46, which is 15 points higher than the capital market industry average of 31.

EVR passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Evercore has seen its stock return 49.51% over the past year, overperforming other capital market stocks by 34 percentage points.

Evercore has an average 1 year price target of $380.80, an upside of 9.75% from Evercore's current stock price of $346.97.

Evercore stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Evercore, 20% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 40% have issued a Buy, 40% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 27 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 32.06%, which is 29 percentage points higher than the capital market industry average of 3.11%. Cohen & Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three 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 41.4% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Brbi Br Partners Sa (NASDAQ:BRBI) has an annual dividend yield of 7.07%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the capital market industry average of 3.11%.

Brbi Br Partners Sa's dividend payout ratio of 174.8% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Lazard (NYSE:LAZ) has an annual dividend yield of 4.12%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the capital market industry average of 3.11%. Lazard's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three times in the last 10 years. Lazard's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Lazard's dividend payout ratio of 73% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Capital market stocks were up 1.22% in the last day, and up 2.22% over the last week. Hut 8 was the among the top gainers in the capital markets industry, gaining 6.05% yesterday.

Shares of software companies are trading higher following Nvidia's introduction of AI tools for industries including autonomous driving, humanoid robots and AI factories that may be seen as a tailwind for the broader sector.

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:

Xp (NASDAQ:XP) is the most undervalued capital market stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Xp has a valuation score of 100, which is 77 points higher than the capital market industry average of 23. It passed 7 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Xp's stock has dropped -14.83% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the capital market industry by -30 percentage points.

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

Cohen & Co has a valuation score of 43, which is 20 points higher than the capital market industry average of 23. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cohen & Co's stock has gained 43.53% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the capital market industry by 28 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 43, which is 20 points higher than the capital market industry average of 23. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Donnelley Financial Solutions's stock has dropped -24.12% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the capital market industry by -39 percentage points.

56.6% of capital market stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect capital market stocks to rise by 20.11% over the next year.

3.28% of capital market stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 6.56% of capital market stocks are rated B (Buy), 52.46% are rated C (Hold), 19.67% are rated D (Sell), and 18.03% are rated F (Strong Sell).