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London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Competitors

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£113.20 -130.00 (-1.14%)
(As of 12/20/2024 12:01 PM ET)

LSEG vs. AQX, HSBA, BNC, BARC, LLOY, NWG, STAN, PRU, LGEN, and SMT

Should you be buying London Stock Exchange Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of London Stock Exchange Group include Aquis Exchange (AQX), HSBC (HSBA), Banco Santander (BNC), Barclays (BARC), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), NatWest Group (NWG), Standard Chartered (STAN), Prudential (PRU), Legal & General Group (LGEN), and Scottish Mortgage (SMT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.

London Stock Exchange Group 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 companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

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
Aquis Exchange£23.89M6.54£4.97M£0.183,861.11
London Stock Exchange Group£8.59B6.99£681M£1.388,202.90

Aquis Exchange presently has a consensus price target of GBX 960, indicating a potential upside of 38.13%. London Stock Exchange Group has a consensus price target of GBX 5,557.50, indicating a potential downside of 50.91%. Given Aquis Exchange's higher possible upside, equities 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
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
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

London Stock Exchange Group received 21 more outperform votes than Aquis Exchange when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 87.84% of users gave London Stock Exchange Group an outperform vote while only 73.33% of users gave Aquis Exchange an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Aquis ExchangeOutperform Votes
44
73.33%
Underperform Votes
16
26.67%
London Stock Exchange GroupOutperform Votes
65
87.84%
Underperform Votes
9
12.16%

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 18.55% beat London Stock Exchange Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Aquis Exchange20.80% 18.55% 8.70%
London Stock Exchange Group 7.93%3.36%0.13%

In the previous week, London Stock Exchange Group had 2 more articles in the media than Aquis Exchange. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for London Stock Exchange Group and 2 mentions for Aquis Exchange. Aquis Exchange's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat London Stock Exchange Group's score of -0.04 indicating that Aquis Exchange is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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

Summary

London Stock Exchange Group beats Aquis Exchange on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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LSEG vs. The Competition

MetricLondon Stock Exchange GroupFinancial Data & Stock Exchanges IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£60.01B£26.75B£3.65B£1.83B
Dividend Yield1.17%2.22%4.41%10.56%
P/E Ratio8,202.90745.80420.211,756.25
Price / Sales6.99273.772,210.01374,123.97
Price / Cash17.9718.4351.7027.80
Price / Book2.644.351.462.88
Net Income£681M£684.83M£355.65M£155.16M
7 Day Performance-0.61%-1.38%-1.62%-1.90%
1 Month Performance2.82%0.16%0.70%17.32%
1 Year Performance22.30%14.63%9.90%28.55%

London Stock Exchange Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LSEG
London Stock Exchange Group
0.7706 of 5 stars
£113.20
-1.1%
GBX 5,557.50
-50.9%
+22.0%£60.01B£8.59B8,202.9025,608
AQX
Aquis Exchange
1.1053 of 5 stars
GBX 700
flat
GBX 960
+37.1%
+90.4%£157.43M£23.89M3,888.8975News Coverage
High Trading Volume
HSBA
HSBC
0.8246 of 5 stars
GBX 761.29
-0.2%
GBX 795
+4.4%
+23.4%£138.48B£58.55B861.35219,000
BNC
Banco Santander
N/AGBX 388.50
+0.4%
N/A+11.6%£59.67B£47.24B655.93206,500
BARC
Barclays
1.3935 of 5 stars
GBX 270.30
+0.3%
GBX 292
+8.0%
+69.3%£39.22B£23.25B1,039.6287,400
LLOY
Lloyds Banking Group
1.0895 of 5 stars
GBX 55.38
flat
GBX 55.50
+0.2%
+13.5%£33.93B£18.55B791.1459,400Insider Trade
News Coverage
NWG
NatWest Group
2.1726 of 5 stars
GBX 406.39
+0.0%
GBX 351
-13.6%
+81.4%£33.85B£13.75B862.7761,000
STAN
Standard Chartered
1.5724 of 5 stars
GBX 991.40
-0.5%
GBX 1,002
+1.1%
+46.9%£24.29B£17.23B1,154.5784,845
PRU
Prudential
3.1709 of 5 stars
GBX 638.80
-1.4%
GBX 1,285
+101.2%
-27.8%£17.18B£10.94B2,706.6739,900
LGEN
Legal & General Group
2.1941 of 5 stars
GBX 228.80
-1.5%
GBX 276.67
+20.9%
-11.0%£13.36B£12.32B4,644.0011,956Positive News
SMT
Scottish Mortgage
0.0369 of 5 stars
GBX 959.60
-1.3%
N/A+18.3%£13.24B£-712,340,000.00-1,869.62N/A

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This page (LON:LSEG) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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