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Best Capital Market Stocks to Buy Now (2024)

Top capital market stocks in 2024 ranked by overall Zen Score. See the best capital market stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the capital markets industry.

According to Zen Score, the 3 best capital market stocks to buy right now are:

Marathon Digital Holdings (NASDAQ:MARA) is the top capital market stock with a Zen Score of 70, which is 41 points higher than the capital market industry average of 29. It passed 23 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Marathon Digital Holdings has seen its stock return 32.31% over the past year, overperforming other capital market stocks by 20 percentage points.

Marathon Digital Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $23.36, an upside of 54.19% from Marathon Digital Holdings's current stock price of $15.15.

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

Heritage Global (NASDAQ:HGBL) is the second best capital market stock with a Zen Score of 64, which is 35 points higher than the capital market industry average of 29. It passed 20 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Heritage Global has seen its stock lose -13.58% over the past year, underperforming other capital market stocks by -25 percentage points.

Evercore (NYSE:EVR) is the third best capital market stock with a Zen Score of 56, which is 27 points higher than the capital market industry average of 29. It passed 20 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Evercore has seen its stock return 52.47% over the past year, overperforming other capital market stocks by 41 percentage points.

Evercore has an average 1 year price target of $180.67, a downside of -2.79% from Evercore's current stock price of $185.86.

Evercore stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Evercore, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 100% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 20 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 16.08%, which is 13 percentage points higher than the capital market industry average of 2.83%. 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 -29.6% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Xp (NASDAQ:XP) has an annual dividend yield of 5.81%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the capital market industry average of 2.83%.

Xp's dividend payout ratio of 89.6% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Virtu Financial (NASDAQ:VIRT) has an annual dividend yield of 4.65%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the capital market industry average of 2.83%. Virtu Financial's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Virtu Financial's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Virtu Financial's dividend payout ratio of 67.6% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Capital market stocks were down -0.83% in the last day, and down -4.49% over the last week. Marathon Digital Holdings was the among the top losers in the capital markets industry, dropping -5.96% yesterday.

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Based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score, the 3 most undervalued capital market stocks right now are:

Heritage Global (NASDAQ:HGBL) is the most undervalued capital market stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Heritage Global has a valuation score of 100, which is 73 points higher than the capital market industry average of 27. It passed 7 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Heritage Global's stock has dropped -13.58% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the capital market industry by -25 percentage points.

Virtu Financial (NASDAQ:VIRT) is the second most undervalued capital market stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Virtu Financial has a valuation score of 86, which is 59 points higher than the capital market industry average of 27. It passed 6 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Virtu Financial's stock has gained 5.14% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the capital market industry by -7 percentage points.

Freedom Holding (NASDAQ:FRHC) is the third most undervalued capital market stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Freedom Holding has a valuation score of 86, which is 59 points higher than the capital market industry average of 27. It passed 6 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Freedom Holding's stock has dropped -7.82% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the capital market industry by -20 percentage points.