Critical Survey: StoneX Group (NASDAQ:SNEX) versus Gemini Group Global (OTCMKTS:GMNI)

Gemini Group Global (OTCMKTS:GMNI) and StoneX Group (NASDAQ:SNEX) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Gemini Group Global and StoneX Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gemini Group Global	0	0	0	0	0.00
StoneX Group	0	1	2	1	3.00

StoneX Group has a consensus target price of $122.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.25%. Given StoneX Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe StoneX Group is more favorable than Gemini Group Global.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Gemini Group Global and StoneX Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gemini Group Global	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
StoneX Group	$132.38 billion	0.05	$305.90 million	$6.70	19.02

StoneX Group has higher revenue and earnings than Gemini Group Global.

Profitability

This table compares Gemini Group Global and StoneX Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gemini Group Global	N/A	N/A	N/A
StoneX Group	0.25%	16.43%	0.91%

Volatility & Risk

Gemini Group Global has a beta of -3.94, indicating that its share price is 494% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StoneX Group has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

75.9% of StoneX Group shares are held by institutional investors. 11.8% of StoneX Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

StoneX Group beats Gemini Group Global on 11 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Gemini Group Global

Gemini Group Global Corp. manufactures and distributes electronic cigarettes, e-liquid, and mods. Its products include prohibition juice, wildcat juice, moonshine juice, city gin, cat daddy, and white lightning juice. The company has the strategic alliance with Royal Vapour. The company was formerly known as Hull Energy, Inc. and changed its name to Gemini Group Global Corporation in September 2013. Gemini Group Global Corp. was founded in 1989 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas with manufacturing facility in California, United States and vapor shop in Las Vegas, Nevada.

About StoneX Group

StoneX Group Inc. operates as a global financial services network that connects companies, organizations, traders, and investors to market ecosystem worldwide. The company operates through Commercial, Institutional, Retail, and Global Payments segments. The Commercial segment provides risk management and hedging, exchange-traded and OTC products execution and clearing, voice brokerage, market intelligence, physical trading, and commodity financing and logistics services. The Institutional segment offers equity trading services to institutional clients; clearing and execution services in futures exchanges; brokerage foreign exchange services for the financial institutions and professional traders; and OTC products, as well as originates, structures, and places debt instruments in capital markets. This segment also operates as an institutional dealer in fixed income securities to serve asset managers, commercial bank trust and investment departments, broker-dealers, and insurance companies, as well as engages in asset management business. The Retail segment provides trading services and solutions in the global financial markets, including spot foreign exchange, precious metals trading, and contracts for differences; and wealth management services, as well as offers physical gold and other precious metals in various forms and denominations through Stonexbullion.com. The Global Payments segment provides customized payment, technology, and treasury services to banks and commercial businesses, charities, and non-governmental and government organizations; and pricing and payments services. The company was formerly known as INTL FCStone Inc. and changed its name to StoneX Group Inc. in July 2020. StoneX Group Inc. was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in New York, New York.