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TP ICAP Group plcTCAP.LCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United Kingdom · GBP·Financials›Investment Banks/Brokers

UK interdealer broker facilitating wholesale trading in fixed income, FX and commodities between banks.

≈ A UK BGC Partners/Tradeweb-style interdealer brokerMomentum weak 29
Mkt cap
$2.97B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
99%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$6.21M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
8.9×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 7.6%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
125 days
11 Mar 2027
Close · GBP£312.60
1D-1.1%
1W-2.5%
1M-2.9%
3M-3.8%
6M-0.6%
YTD+20.5%
1Y+25.3%
ATR %2.5%
52w lowhigh11.9% off high

What TP ICAP does

UK interdealer broker facilitating wholesale trading in fixed income, FX and commodities between banks.

Earns commissions on trades it arranges between banks, many still done by phone, alongside electronic trading and a data unit that sells price information to subscribers. Created in 2016 when Tullett Prebon bought ICAP's voice broking arm, and later added Liquidnet, an institutional share-trading network.

In one line: A UK BGC Partners/Tradeweb-style interdealer broker.

Products and services

  • Interdealer broking (rates, FX, credit)
  • Energy & commodities broking
  • Parameta market data/analytics

Customers

  • Investment banks
  • Institutional financial firms

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financials
  • Wholesale brokerage
  • Interdealer broking, data & analytics

What could go right

  • Market volatility driving trading volumes
  • Data/analytics (Parameta) growth

What could go wrong

  • Shift to electronic trading reducing voice-broking fees
  • Bank client consolidation

Moat: narrow (network effects, scale, installed base). Deep liquidity network among banks built over decades of broking relationships.

Headquarters: London, UK

Named competitors

TP ICAP at a glance

Size TP ICAP (TCAP.L) is a United Kingdom Financials company (Investment Banks/Brokers) with a market value of $2.97B, the 134th largest of 363 United Kingdom companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at £312.60 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 0.6%, against -12.4% for the median peer and +3.6% for the United Kingdom market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 3.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +11.1%); the operating margin is 11.3% (peer median 28.2%).

Valuation It trades at 8.9× forward earnings against a peer median of 14.4× (2nd cheapest of 16).

Next results Next results expected around 11 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

809010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026TCAP.L 100Peer median 87
Six months, rebased to 100: TP ICAP against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

TP ICAP financials

Reported figures in GBP; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue£2.44B£2.37B£2.26B£2.21B£2.12B
Revenue growth—+5%+3%+4%—
EBITDA£394M£385M£378M£352M£293M
Net income£191M£186M£167M£74.0M£103M
Free cash flow£147M£242M£403M£326M£328M
Capital expenditure£80.0M£74.0M£64.0M£55.0M£53.0M
Total debtn/a£1.00B£974M£1.09B£1.07B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

TP ICAP competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%0%+50%-20%0%CDSL002926002670TATAINVEST600927PLUS600390FTKANGELONE00250006228304MIAXCMCX039490TCAP.L6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. TP ICAP is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-100%0%+100%0×20×40×CDSL002926600927PLUS600390ANGELONE002500LCLN039490CFTTCAP.LRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. TP ICAP is the large dot.

TP ICAP competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (TCAP.L vs TW vs MRX vs BGC)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
TP ICAP TCAP.L$2.97B-1%+4%11%8.9×n/a
Tradeweb Markets TW$29.7B+17%+14%44%27.9×n/a
Marex MRX$4.76B+17%+25%32%10.1×n/a
BGC BGC$4.89B-8%+28%9%7.1×n/a
MarketAxess MKTX$5.83B+12%+3%39%19.5×n/a
StoneX SNEX$6.55B-33%+21%2%13.0×n/a

How TP ICAP compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

TP ICAP against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureTCAP.LPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-2.9%-0.9%8th lowest of 21
6-month return-0.6%-12.4%6th highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-11.9%-27.1%4th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+3.9%+11.1%10th lowest of 21
Operating margin11.3%28.2%lowest of 20
Forward P/E8.9×14.4×2nd cheapest of 16

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
TP ICAP TCAP.LUnited Kingdom$2.97B-1%+4%11%8.9×n/an/a
Central Depository Services (India) CDSL.NSIndia$2.95B+5%+3%50%52.1×n/an/a
HUAXI Securities 002926.SZChina$3.01B-12%+10%36%11.4×n/an/a
Guosheng Securities 002670.SZChina$2.92B-20%-11%11%n/an/an/a
Tata Investment TATAINVEST.NSIndia$3.06B-22%+18%89%n/an/an/a
Yongan Futures 600927.SSChina$2.83B-12%-139%n/a24.3×n/an/a
Plus500 PLUS.LUnited Kingdom$3.12B-26%+3%41%10.4×n/an/a
Minmetals Capital 600390.SSChina$3.15B-11%-62%60%51.9×n/an/a
flatexDEGIRO FTK.DEGermany$2.78B-27%+20%45%11.1×n/an/a
Angel One ANGELONE.NSIndia$3.20B+3%+21%28%23.1×n/an/a
Shanxi Securities 002500.SZChina$2.73B-10%-3%28%16.4×n/an/a
Oshidori International 0622.HKHong Kong$2.67B+52%+71%47%n/an/an/a
Lincoln International LCLNUnited States$2.65Bn/a+35%28%18.3×n/an/a
Aozora Bank 8304.TJapan$2.60B+17%+12%29%14.4×n/an/a
Miami International MIAXUnited States$3.45B-34%+14%12%18.8×n/an/a
CMC Markets CMCX.LUnited Kingdom$2.54B+79%+16%27%10.5×n/an/a
Pacific Securities 601099.SSChina$3.47B-8%-11%14%n/an/an/a
Kiwoom 039490.KSSouth Korea$3.48B-53%+100%41%2.9×n/an/a
J-Yuan Trust 600816.SSChina$3.50B-18%+139%13%n/an/an/a
Northeast Securities 000686.SZChina$2.52B-17%+1%23%11.1×n/an/a
Compagnie Financiere Tradition CFT.SWSwitzerland$2.37B-15%+3%14%13.1×n/an/a

Questions

Who are TP ICAP's main competitors?
Named competitors: Tradeweb Markets (TW), Marex Group (MRX), BGC Group (BGC), MarketAxess (MKTX), StoneX Group (SNEX). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Central Depository Services (India) (CDSL.NS), HUAXI Securities (002926.SZ), Guosheng Securities (002670.SZ), Tata Investment (TATAINVEST.NS), Yongan Futures (600927.SS), Plus500 (PLUS.L).
Is TP ICAP expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 8.9× against a peer median of 14.4×, 2nd cheapest of 16 in its peer set.
How has TP ICAP stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -0.6% against -12.4% for the median peer; over one year +25.3%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.