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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:

Virtu Financial (NASDAQ:VIRT) is the #1 top capital market stock out of 68 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 Virtu Financial (NASDAQ:VIRT) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Virtu Financial (NASDAQ:VIRT) has a Due Diligence Score of 37, which is 5 points higher than the capital market industry average of 32.

VIRT passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Virtu Financial has seen its stock return 90.51% over the past year, overperforming other capital market stocks by 64 percentage points.

Virtu Financial has an average 1 year price target of $34.80, a downside of -9.7% from Virtu Financial's current stock price of $38.54.

Virtu Financial stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Virtu Financial, 60% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 40% 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 68 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: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Bgc Group (NASDAQ:BGC) has a Due Diligence Score of 38, which is 6 points higher than the capital market industry average of 32.

BGC passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Bgc Group has seen its stock return 25.78% over the past year.

Bgc Group has an average 1 year price target of $14.00, an upside of 44.18% from Bgc Group's current stock price of $9.71.

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.

Nomura Holdings (NYSE:NMR) is the #3 top capital market stock out of 68 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 Nomura Holdings (NYSE:NMR) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: A, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Nomura Holdings (NYSE:NMR) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is 1 points higher than the capital market industry average of 32.

NMR passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Nomura Holdings has seen its stock return 1.71% over the past year, underperforming other capital market stocks by -25 percentage points.

Out of 23 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 8.26%, 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 -1,250% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Xp (NASDAQ:XP) has an annual dividend yield of 4.37%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the capital market industry average of 1.8%.

Xp's dividend payout ratio of 45.3% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Moelis & Co (NYSE:MC) has an annual dividend yield of 3.98%, 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 95.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Capital market stocks were down -1.72% in the last day, and up 1.2% over the last week. Applied Digital was the among the top losers in the capital markets industry, dropping -12.23% yesterday.

Shares of Bitcoin miners and crypto-linked stocks are trading lower as Bitcoin falls, following the broader market decline.

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

Donnelley Financial Solutions's stock has dropped -25.24% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the capital market industry by -51 percentage points.

Bitcoin Depot (NASDAQ:BTM) 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.

Bitcoin Depot has a valuation score of 0, which is -25 points higher than the capital market industry average of 25. It passed 0 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates BTM a Valuation Rating of "B".

Bitcoin Depot's stock has dropped -29.36% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the capital market industry by -56 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 71, which is 46 points higher than the capital market industry average of 25. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Nomura Holdings's stock has gained 1.71% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the capital market industry by -25 percentage points.

52.38% of capital market stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect capital market stocks to rise by 19.46% over the next year.

3.77% of capital market stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 11.32% of capital market stocks are rated B (Buy), 52.83% are rated C (Hold), 18.87% are rated D (Sell), and 13.21% are rated F (Strong Sell).