LSEG vs. AQX, HSBA, BNC, LLOY, BARC, NWG, PRU, STAN, LGEN, and AV
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), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Barclays (BARC), NatWest Group (NWG), Prudential (PRU), Standard Chartered (STAN), Legal & General Group (LGEN), and Aviva (AV). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
London Stock Exchange Group (LON:LSEG) and Aquis Exchange (LON:AQX) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
London Stock Exchange Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 8,489.17, indicating a potential downside of 7.34%. Aquis Exchange has a consensus price target of GBX 967, indicating a potential upside of 106.62%. Given Aquis Exchange's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Aquis Exchange is more favorable than London Stock Exchange Group.
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.
London Stock Exchange Group received 23 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 72.41% of users gave Aquis Exchange an outperform vote.
London Stock Exchange Group has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aquis Exchange has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
62.5% of London Stock Exchange Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.6% of Aquis Exchange shares are held by institutional investors. 6.4% of London Stock Exchange Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 48.1% of Aquis Exchange shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, London Stock Exchange Group had 3 more articles in the media than Aquis Exchange. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for London Stock Exchange Group and 0 mentions for Aquis Exchange. London Stock Exchange Group's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Aquis Exchange's score of 0.00 indicating that London Stock Exchange Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Aquis Exchange has a net margin of 21.94% compared to London Stock Exchange Group's net margin of 9.08%. Aquis Exchange's return on equity of 20.10% beat London Stock Exchange Group's return on equity.
Summary
London Stock Exchange Group beats Aquis Exchange on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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