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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 +28.50% 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:

Donnelley Financial Solutions (NYSE:DFIN) is the #1 top capital market stock out of 84 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% 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 42, which is 13 points higher than the capital market industry average of 29.

DFIN passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Donnelley Financial Solutions has seen its stock lose -20.95% over the past year, underperforming other capital market stocks by -11 percentage points.

Donnelley Financial Solutions has an average 1 year price target of $62.00, an upside of 20.65% from Donnelley Financial Solutions's current stock price of $51.39.

Donnelley Financial Solutions stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Donnelley Financial Solutions, 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.

Bgc Group (NASDAQ:BGC) is the #2 top capital market stock out of 84 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% 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 38, which is 9 points higher than the capital market industry average of 29.

BGC passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Bgc Group has seen its stock return 21.59% over the past year, overperforming other capital market stocks by 32 percentage points.

Virtu Financial (NYSE:VIRT) is the #3 top capital market stock out of 84 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Virtu Financial (NYSE:VIRT) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Virtu Financial (NYSE:VIRT) has a Due Diligence Score of 35, which is 6 points higher than the capital market industry average of 29.

VIRT passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Virtu Financial has seen its stock return 31.54% over the past year, overperforming other capital market stocks by 42 percentage points.

Virtu Financial has an average 1 year price target of $62.25, an upside of 7.46% from Virtu Financial's current stock price of $57.93.

Virtu Financial stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Virtu Financial, 25% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 25% 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 27.51%, which is 24 percentage points higher than the capital market industry average of 3.07%. 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 7.93%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the capital market industry average of 3.07%.

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.

Btcs (NASDAQ:BTCS) has an annual dividend yield of 5.05%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the capital market industry average of 3.07%.

Btcs's dividend payout ratio of -1.9% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Capital market stocks were down -4.29% in the last day, and down -5.31% over the last week. Riot Platforms was the among the top losers in the capital markets industry, dropping -14.12% yesterday.

Shares of AI cloud services companies are trading higher in sympathy with Microsoft after the company reported better-than-expected Q4 financial results. Microsoft's strong Azure performance also lifted sentiment across the sector, with Azure and other cloud services revenue rising 43% and annual Azure revenue surpassing $100 billion for the first time.

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 80 points higher than the capital market industry average of 20. It passed 7 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Xp's stock has dropped -0.55% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the capital market industry by 10 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 43, which is 23 points higher than the capital market industry average of 20. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cohen & Co's stock has gained 14.76% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the capital market industry by 25 percentage points.

Up Fintech Holding (NASDAQ:TIGR) 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.

Up Fintech Holding has a valuation score of 71, which is 51 points higher than the capital market industry average of 20. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Up Fintech Holding's stock has dropped -51.22% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the capital market industry by -41 percentage points.

55.36% of capital market stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect capital market stocks to rise by 35.38% over the next year.

0% of capital market stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 13.85% of capital market stocks are rated B (Buy), 50.77% are rated C (Hold), 16.92% are rated D (Sell), and 18.46% are rated F (Strong Sell).