BGC Group
BGC Nasdaq Investment Banking & Brokerage Financials FY2016βFY2025
BGC Group's revenue rose 30.0% to $2.9 billion in fiscal 2025. Its net margin was 5.3%, down from 5.5% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $373 million, up 30.5%. It paid out $321 million in dividends and buybacks, 86% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 0.4%.
What BGC Group does
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- Legal name
- BGC Group, Inc.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- β
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0001628280-26-013162
0001094831
Revenue and margins
BGC Group had $2.9B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 30.0% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew β7.9% a year. Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was $373M in fiscal 2025, 12.7% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
BGC Group returned $321M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 86% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 0.4%.
Value BGC Group yourself
Change the assumptions and see what they imply per share. These are models, not forecasts or price targets β the answer depends entirely on what you put in.
Discounted cash flow
Value per share
β
Adds net cash of β$709M and divides by 480.9M diluted shares. Ten years of cash flows plus a terminal value, discounted to today.
Earnings multiple
Value per share
β
Reference multiples: today 28.8x Β· peers 18.1x Β· sector 13.7x.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably BGC Group can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $554M | $485M | $656M | $712M | $852M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $1.0B | $1.1B | $949M | $1.1B | $1.6B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.5x | 2.5x | 1.4x | 1.3x | 1.7x |
| Debt / equity | 1.7x | 1.6x | 1.1x | 1.3x | 1.6x |
| Interest coverage | 3.6x | 2.7x | 1.8x | 3.0x | 3.0x |
| Total assets | $3.3B | $3.1B | $3.2B | $3.6B | $4.4B |
| Total liabilities | $2.7B | $2.3B | $2.3B | $2.5B | $3.3B |
| Shareholders' equity | $620M | $670M | $885M | $899M | $973M |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | $496M | $569M | $293M | $433M | $709M |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.1M
1 insider
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
| Date | Insider | Trade | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2026 | Jean-Pierre AubinCo-Chief Executive Officer | Sold | 10,000 | $9.55 | $0.1M | Form 4 |
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 9 | β / 9 | β / 9 |
| Accruals ratio | β11.7% | β5.7% | β6.0% |
| Altman Z'' | β | β | β |
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| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BGC Group BGC | $5.6B | 30.0% | β | 12.7% | 13.2% | 28.8x | β | |
| Houlihan Lokey HLI | $8.9B | 9.6% | 20.1% | 26.1% | β | 22.0x | β | Compare β |
| Virtu Financial VIRT | $4.9B | 26.3% | β | 13.6% | 37.9% | 9.3x | β | Compare β |
| Evercore EVR | $10.4B | 29.5% | β | 30.5% | β | 14.2x | 5 | Compare β |
| Robinhood HOOD | $86.7B | 51.6% | β | 36.3% | β | 41.9x | β | Compare β |
10 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $1.6B | $1.8B | $1.9B | $2.1B | $2.1B | $2.0B | $1.8B | $2.0B | $2.3B | $2.9B |
| Interest expense | $57.6M | $77.0M | $42.5M | $60.2M | $76.6M | $69.3M | $57.9M | $77.2M | $88.4M | $109M |
| Pretax income | $121M | $4.1M | $172M | $117M | $72.2M | $177M | $97.5M | $57.7M | $173M | $214M |
| Income tax | $56.3M | $92.8M | $63.8M | $49.8M | $21.3M | $23.0M | $38.6M | $18.9M | $49.9M | $67.2M |
| Net income | $185M | $51.5M | $202M | $43.9M | $50.9M | $154M | $58.9M | $38.8M | $123M | $155M |
| Diluted EPS | $0.65 | $0.17 | $0.24 | $0.12 | $0.12 | $0.32 | $0.13 | $0.07 | $0.25 | $0.31 |
| Diluted shares | 0.43B | 0.45B | 0.32B | 0.47B | 0.55B | 0.54B | 0.50B | 0.49B | 0.48B | 0.48B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | β$107M | $393M | β$67.3M | $241M | $303M | $417M | $224M | $405M | $315M | $394M |
| Capital expenditure | $17.8M | $25.0M | $24.5M | $46.7M | $30.8M | $10.1M | $10.6M | $14.9M | $29.6M | $21.5M |
| Free cash flow | β$124M | $368M | β$91.9M | $194M | $272M | $407M | $214M | $390M | $286M | $373M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $62.5M | $65.4M | $71.5M | $81.9M | $85.4M | $81.9M | $75.1M | $80.4M | $81.4M | $103M |
| Stock-based compensation | β | β | $50.3M | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Acquisitions | $152M | $13.7M | $50.6M | $28.3M | $7.9M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $39.8M | $64.2M | $281M |
| Share buybacks | $96.0M | $16.8M | $10.4M | $1.2M | $0.0M | $365M | $104M | $115M | $262M | $282M |
| Dividends paid | $171M | $200M | $231M | $192M | $60.4M | $15.1M | $14.9M | $17.4M | $34.2M | $39.0M |
| Dividends and buybacks | $267M | $217M | $242M | $194M | $60.5M | $381M | $119M | $132M | $296M | $321M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $536M | $513M | $337M | $415M | $596M | $554M | $485M | $656M | $712M | $852M |
| Total debt | $950M | $546M | $748M | $1.0B | $1.3B | $1.0B | $1.0B | $944M | $1.1B | $1.6B |
| Finance lease liabilities | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $3.0M | $6.0M | $4.7M | $3.2M | $1.9M |
| Inventory | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Property and equipment, net | $167M | $125M | $157M | $205M | $215M | $190M | $184M | $178M | $190M | $182M |
| Total assets | $5.0B | $5.4B | $3.4B | $3.9B | $4.0B | $3.3B | $3.1B | $3.2B | $3.6B | $4.4B |
| Total liabilities | $3.4B | $4.2B | $2.5B | $3.2B | $3.1B | $2.7B | $2.3B | $2.3B | $2.5B | $3.3B |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.2B | $634M | $768M | $675M | $754M | $620M | $670M | $885M | $899M | $973M |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| EBITDA margin | 15.5% | 8.4% | 14.8% | 12.3% | 11.4% | 16.3% | 12.8% | 10.6% | 15.2% | 14.5% |
| Net margin | 11.9% | 2.9% | 10.4% | 2.1% | 2.5% | 7.6% | 3.3% | 1.9% | 5.5% | 5.3% |
| FCF margin | β8.0% | 21.0% | β4.7% | 9.2% | 13.2% | 20.2% | 11.9% | 19.3% | 12.6% | 12.7% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | 4.9% | 2.5% | 11.1% | 7.7% | 7.3% | 16.0% | 7.6% | 7.3% | 13.8% | 13.2% |
| Return on equity | 20.4% | 5.7% | 28.8% | 6.1% | 7.1% | 22.3% | 9.1% | 5.0% | 13.8% | 16.6% |
| Return on assets | 4.1% | 1.0% | 4.6% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 4.2% | 1.8% | 1.2% | 3.6% | 3.9% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β44.2% | 12.7% | 10.7% | 8.6% | β2.3% | β2.0% | β10.9% | 12.8% | 11.7% | 30.0% |
| Net income growth | 15.7% | β72.2% | 292.8% | β78.3% | 16.0% | 201.4% | β61.7% | β34.1% | 217.8% | 25.8% |
| EPS growth | 4.8% | β73.9% | 41.2% | β50.0% | 0.0% | 166.7% | β59.4% | β46.2% | 257.1% | 24.0% |
| FCF growth | β119.2% | β | β125.0% | β | 39.8% | 49.8% | β47.5% | 82.6% | β26.8% | 30.5% |
| Share count change | 51.3% | 4.9% | β29.1% | 46.6% | 15.8% | β1.3% | β7.5% | β1.9% | β2.2% | 0.4% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.7x | 0.2x | 1.4x | 2.4x | 3.0x | 1.5x | 2.5x | 1.4x | 1.3x | 1.7x |
| Debt / equity | 0.8x | 0.9x | 1.0x | 1.6x | 1.7x | 1.7x | 1.6x | 1.1x | 1.3x | 1.6x |
| Interest coverage | 3.1x | 1.1x | 5.1x | 2.9x | 1.9x | 3.6x | 2.7x | 1.8x | 3.0x | 3.0x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 1.2% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 2.2% | 1.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 1.3% | 0.7% |
| Stock comp / revenue | β | β | 2.6% | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Payouts / FCF | β | 59.0% | β | 99.6% | 22.2% | 93.5% | 55.6% | 33.8% | 103.7% | 86.0% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Accruals ratio | 6.5% | β6.5% | 6.1% | β5.4% | β6.4% | β7.2% | β5.2% | β11.7% | β5.7% | β6.0% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001094831). Data updated October 12, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.