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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 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 Bitcoin Depot (NASDAQ:BTM) is: Value: B, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: D, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Bitcoin Depot (NASDAQ:BTM) has a Due Diligence Score of 41, which is 12 points higher than the capital market industry average of 29.

BTM passed 13 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Bitcoin Depot has seen its stock return 71.15% over the past year, overperforming other capital market stocks by 58 percentage points.

Bitcoin Depot has an average 1 year price target of $6.25, an upside of 134.08% from Bitcoin Depot's current stock price of $2.67.

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.

Oppenheimer Holdings (NYSE:OPY) 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 Oppenheimer Holdings (NYSE:OPY) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Oppenheimer Holdings (NYSE:OPY) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is 4 points higher than the capital market industry average of 29.

OPY passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Oppenheimer Holdings has seen its stock return 20.21% over the past year, overperforming other capital market stocks by 7 percentage points.

Bgc Group (NASDAQ:BGC) is the #3 top capital market stock out of 80 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 Bgc Group (NASDAQ:BGC) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Bgc Group (NASDAQ:BGC) has a Due Diligence Score of 41, which is 12 points higher than the capital market industry average of 29.

BGC passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Bgc Group has seen its stock lose -3.28% over the past year, underperforming other capital market stocks by -17 percentage points.

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 7.42%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the capital market industry average of 1.8%. 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 90.1% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Moelis & Co (NYSE:MC) has an annual dividend yield of 3.82%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the capital market industry average of 1.8%. 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 92.6% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Xp (NASDAQ:XP) has an annual dividend yield of 3.57%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the capital market industry average of 1.8%.

Xp's dividend payout ratio of 38.5% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Capital market stocks were down -2.31% in the last day, and up 1.72% over the last week. Argo Blockchain was the among the top losers in the capital markets industry, dropping -14.94% yesterday.

Shares of crypto-linked stocks are trading lower amid a drop in Bitcoin. The commodity may be moving amid sympathy with overall market weakness after Fed Chair Powell said another rate cut in December is not a foregone conclusion.

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:

Donnelley Financial Solutions (NYSE:DFIN) 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.

Donnelley Financial Solutions has a valuation score of 57, which is 32 points higher than the capital market industry average of 25. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Donnelley Financial Solutions's stock has dropped -29.71% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the capital market industry by -43 percentage points.

Virtu Financial (NYSE:VIRT) 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.

Virtu Financial has a valuation score of 29, which is 4 points higher than the capital market industry average of 25. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Virtu Financial's stock has gained 10.9% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the capital market industry by -2 percentage points.

Bitcoin Depot (NASDAQ:BTM) 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.

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

Bitcoin Depot's stock has gained 71.15% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the capital market industry by 58 percentage points.

48% of capital market stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect capital market stocks to rise by 13.34% over the next year.

3.17% of capital market stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 4.76% of capital market stocks are rated B (Buy), 76.19% are rated C (Hold), 12.7% are rated D (Sell), and 3.17% are rated F (Strong Sell).