Company Analysis

BGC Group, Inc. (BGC)

Nasdaq: BGC · Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services · New York, NY · filing with the SEC since 1999
Grade5.1
◀ Past 3.6● Present 5.1▶ Future 6.0

The grade of BGC Group, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.1/10
◀ Past3.625% of the headline
● Present5.135% of the headline
▶ Future6.040% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.6/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
0.4/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

5 warning events since 2017; the latest 2018-09-28.

weight 22% of this tense · 4th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

BGC Group, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 5 warning events: a debt default or acceleration notice (8-K item 2.04, 5 times, the latest 2018-09-28) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
4.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+7.3% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 45th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

BGC Group, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.6 billion in fiscal 2016 to $2.9 billion in fiscal 2025, up 7.3% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 15% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2022; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span7.3%bottom 27% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 35% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 31% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak14.7%top 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
4.6/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 8.6% a year. 67% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 5 sales, 6 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 46th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, BGC Group, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 8.6% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 67% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 5 sales and 6 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $248 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 19% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 28% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.1/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 14%: 14¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 74%: owes 74¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, BGC Group, Inc. earned about 14 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 74 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.6% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 35% of its family
  • return on equitytop 35% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 45% of 13 in its family; net margin 5.3%.

weight 45% of this tense · 55th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

BGC Group, Inc.'s standing among 13 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $2.9 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 42% by size; a net margin of 5.3% ranks in the top 42%; revenue growth of 17.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 50% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$2.94Btop 42% of its family
  • net margin5.3%top 42% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth17.9%top 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
4.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 42% of 7 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.

weight 22% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

BGC Group, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Windeatt, Sean A (COO and Co-CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-04-01, 1.6 years (bottom 7% of its family); the 12 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 7 years (top 50%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 12 people in charge now (top 31%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge3 in three years among 12 peopletop 31% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed7.0 yearstop 50% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record1.6 yearsbottom 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.0/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 35% of 13 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 35th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

BGC Group, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $852 million against debt of $1.5 billion leaves -15.6% of its assets as net cash, bottom 19% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 12.7% of revenue (top 50%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-15.6%bottom 19% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue12.7%top 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
7.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 27% of 13 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

BGC Group, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 17.9% a year over the last three filed years against 7.3% over all 10, speeding up (top 4% of its family); the newest year grew 30% (top 42%); capital spending grew 26.6% a year (top 35%) (its annual reports). BGC Group, Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+10.5 points a yeartop 4% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth30.0%top 42% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending26.6%top 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
7.0/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 29% of 13 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 71st percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

BGC Group, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $2.9 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 15.8% above the $2.5 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 27% of its family); net income of $155 million against a prior three-year average of $74 million (top 4%); a net margin of 5.3% against 3.5% before (bottom 42%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace15.8%top 27% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+111%top 4% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+1.7 pointsbottom 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton BGC · research, not advice