AQX vs. LSEG, USA, ESCT, PEY, BGFD, MTRO, EWI, GCP, CORD, and OTV2
Should you be buying Aquis Exchange stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aquis Exchange include London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), Baillie Gifford US Growth (USA), The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT), Princess Private Equity (PEY), The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (BGFD), Metro Bank (MTRO), Edinburgh Worldwide (EWI), GCP Infrastructure Investments (GCP), Cordiant Digital Infrastructure (CORD), and Octopus Titan VCT (OTV2). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Aquis Exchange vs.
Aquis Exchange (LON:AQX) and London Stock Exchange Group (LON:LSEG) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.
36.7% of Aquis Exchange shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.0% of London Stock Exchange Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.8% of Aquis Exchange shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of London Stock Exchange Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
London Stock Exchange Group received 22 more outperform votes than Aquis Exchange when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 88.00% of users gave London Stock Exchange Group an outperform vote while only 73.33% of users gave Aquis Exchange an outperform vote.
In the previous week, London Stock Exchange Group had 1 more articles in the media than Aquis Exchange. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for London Stock Exchange Group and 3 mentions for Aquis Exchange. Aquis Exchange's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat London Stock Exchange Group's score of 0.39 indicating that Aquis Exchange is being referred to more favorably in the media.
London Stock Exchange Group has higher revenue and earnings than Aquis Exchange. Aquis Exchange is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than London Stock Exchange Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Aquis Exchange presently has a consensus price target of GBX 960, suggesting a potential upside of 36.17%. London Stock Exchange Group has a consensus price target of GBX 7,871.67, suggesting a potential downside of 32.05%. Given Aquis Exchange's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Aquis Exchange is more favorable than London Stock Exchange Group.
Aquis Exchange has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, London Stock Exchange Group has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Aquis Exchange has a net margin of 20.80% compared to London Stock Exchange Group's net margin of 7.93%. Aquis Exchange's return on equity of 17.27% beat London Stock Exchange Group's return on equity.
Summary
London Stock Exchange Group beats Aquis Exchange on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:AQX) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
