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Aquis Exchange (AQX) Competitors

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GBX 710 -2.50 (-0.35%)
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AQX vs. LSEG, IEM, ICGT, CRE, VOF, ESCT, GSCT, SDP, PEY, and APAX

Should you be buying Aquis Exchange stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aquis Exchange include London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT), Conduit (CRE), VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund (VOF), The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT), The Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT), Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (SDP), Princess Private Equity (PEY), and Apax Global Alpha (APAX). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.

Aquis Exchange vs.

London Stock Exchange Group (LON:LSEG) and Aquis Exchange (LON:AQX) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

London Stock Exchange Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 7,871.67, indicating a potential downside of 30.71%. Aquis Exchange has a consensus price target of GBX 960, indicating a potential upside of 35.21%. Given Aquis Exchange's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aquis Exchange is more favorable than London Stock Exchange Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
London Stock Exchange Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Aquis Exchange
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

London Stock Exchange Group has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aquis Exchange has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Aquis Exchange had 1 more articles in the media than London Stock Exchange Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Aquis Exchange and 3 mentions for London Stock Exchange Group. Aquis Exchange's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat London Stock Exchange Group's score of 0.39 indicating that Aquis Exchange is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
London Stock Exchange Group
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Aquis Exchange
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
London Stock Exchange Group7.93% 2.92% 0.13%
Aquis Exchange 20.80%17.27%8.70%

66.0% of London Stock Exchange Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.7% of Aquis Exchange shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of London Stock Exchange Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 47.8% of Aquis Exchange shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company 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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
London Stock Exchange GroupOutperform Votes
66
88.00%
Underperform Votes
9
12.00%
Aquis ExchangeOutperform Votes
44
73.33%
Underperform Votes
16
26.67%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
London Stock Exchange Group£8.50B7.08£673.82M£127.5189.09
Aquis Exchange£24.65M7.93£5.13M£18.6238.13

Summary

Aquis Exchange beats London Stock Exchange Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AQX vs. The Competition

MetricAquis ExchangeFinancial Data & Stock Exchanges IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£195.50M£29.05B£3.69B£2.53B
Dividend YieldN/A2.15%4.16%4.80%
P/E Ratio38.1350.5913.98131.29
Price / Sales7.93304.011,659.22235,526.85
Price / Cash8.7818.4350.4928.41
Price / Book6.504.623.364.44
Net Income£5.13M£889.33M£1.18B£5.90B
7 Day Performance0.00%1.07%-0.08%0.42%
1 Month PerformanceN/A1.51%0.25%-0.57%
1 Year Performance65.12%25.41%8.81%25.12%

Aquis Exchange Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AQX
Aquis Exchange
1.6623 of 5 stars
GBX 710
-0.4%
GBX 960
+35.2%
+67.5%£195.50M£24.65M38.1375
LSEG
London Stock Exchange Group
0.8059 of 5 stars
£113.90
+2.8%
GBX 7,871.67
-30.9%
+26.4%£60.29B£8.50B89.3325,608
IEM
Impax Environmental Markets
N/AGBX 333.99
+0.3%
N/A-13.5%£775.36M£1.35M-83.08N/A
ICGT
ICG Enterprise Trust
N/AGBX 1,178
+1.4%
N/A-3.2%£761.32M£55.63M23.52N/APositive News
CRE
Conduit
4.0524 of 5 stars
GBX 361
+2.0%
GBX 698.33
+93.4%
-26.0%£725.78M£883.47M3.4059Gap Up
VOF
VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund
N/AGBX 406
+1.5%
N/A-15.8%£719.92M£115.59M10.82125Positive News
ESCT
The European Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 181.40
+1.7%
N/A+5.2%£715.51M£96.24M8.55305
GSCT
The Global Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 145
+0.4%
N/A-8.0%£697.06M£70.77M1.17N/APositive News
SDP
Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund
N/AGBX 493
+0.4%
N/A+0.0%£696.44M£134.70M5.75N/APositive News
PEY
Princess Private Equity
N/AGBX 9.86
+2.7%
N/A-7.4%£681.83M£5.19B29.83N/ANegative News
APAX
Apax Global Alpha
N/AGBX 114
+3.6%
N/A-19.2%£665.60M£9.05M193.41N/A

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This page (LON:AQX) was last updated on 4/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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