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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:

Bgc Group (NASDAQ:BGC) is the #1 top capital market stock out of 74 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: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: A.

Bgc Group (NASDAQ:BGC) has a Due Diligence Score of 45, which is 15 points higher than the capital market industry average of 30.

BGC passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Bgc Group has seen its stock return 6.51% over the past year, underperforming other capital market stocks by -31 percentage points.

Bgc Group has an average 1 year price target of $14.50, an upside of 43% from Bgc Group's current stock price of $10.14.

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.

Oppenheimer Holdings (NYSE:OPY) is the #2 top capital market stock out of 74 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: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: A.

Oppenheimer Holdings (NYSE:OPY) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is 3 points higher than the capital market industry average of 30.

OPY passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Oppenheimer Holdings has seen its stock return 40.33% over the past year, overperforming other capital market stocks by 3 percentage points.

Bitcoin Depot (NASDAQ:BTM) is the #3 top capital market stock out of 74 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: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: D, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Bitcoin Depot (NASDAQ:BTM) has a Due Diligence Score of 41, which is 11 points higher than the capital market industry average of 30.

BTM passed 13 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Bitcoin Depot has seen its stock return 122.81% over the past year, overperforming other capital market stocks by 85 percentage points.

Bitcoin Depot has an average 1 year price target of $6.00, an upside of 57.48% from Bitcoin Depot's current stock price of $3.81.

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.

Out of 25 capital market stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 capital market stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Palmer Square Capital Bdc (NYSE:PSBD) has an annual dividend yield of 5.72%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the capital market industry average of 1.74%.

Palmer Square Capital Bdc's dividend payout ratio of 320% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Xp (NASDAQ:XP) has an annual dividend yield of 3.95%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the capital market industry average of 1.74%.

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

Moelis & Co (NYSE:MC) has an annual dividend yield of 3.51%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the capital market industry average of 1.74%. 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.

Capital market stocks were up 3.04% in the last day, and up 2% over the last week. Hut 8 was the among the top gainers in the capital markets industry, gaining 9.36% yesterday.

Shares of crypto-linked stocks are trading higher as Bitcoin rises after Fed Chair Powell said restrictive policy and shifting risks may warrant adjusting the Fed's stance.

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 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 -13.43% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the capital market industry by -51 percentage points.

Xp (NASDAQ:XP) 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.

Xp 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.

Xp's stock has dropped -14.63% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the capital market industry by -52 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 20 points higher than the capital market industry average of 23. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Nomura Holdings's stock has gained 30.21% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the capital market industry by -7 percentage points.

52.08% of capital market stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect capital market stocks to rise by 4.42% over the next year.

4.92% of capital market stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 4.92% of capital market stocks are rated B (Buy), 72.13% are rated C (Hold), 16.39% are rated D (Sell), and 1.64% are rated F (Strong Sell).