AQX vs. REC, CYN, BSC, MGCI, NTN, MAJE, VSL, AMAT, HUW, and AATG
Should you be buying Aquis Exchange stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aquis Exchange include Record (REC), CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income (CYN), British Smaller Companies VCT2 (BSC), M&G Credit Income Investment (MGCI), Northern 3 VCT (NTN), Majedie Investments (MAJE), VPC Specialty Lending Investments (VSL), Amati AIM VCT (AMAT), Helios Underwriting (HUW), and Albion Technology & Gen VCT (AATG). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Aquis Exchange (LON:AQX) and Record (LON:REC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.
33.6% of Aquis Exchange shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.9% of Record shares are held by institutional investors. 48.1% of Aquis Exchange shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 59.1% of Record shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Aquis Exchange has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Record has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Record has higher revenue and earnings than Aquis Exchange. Record is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aquis Exchange, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Record received 140 more outperform votes than Aquis Exchange when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.15% of users gave Record an outperform vote while only 72.41% of users gave Aquis Exchange an outperform vote.
Aquis Exchange currently has a consensus price target of GBX 967, indicating a potential upside of 105.74%. Given Aquis Exchange's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Aquis Exchange is more favorable than Record.
Record has a net margin of 22.35% compared to Aquis Exchange's net margin of 21.94%. Record's return on equity of 34.94% beat Aquis Exchange's return on equity.
In the previous week, Record had 104 more articles in the media than Aquis Exchange. MarketBeat recorded 104 mentions for Record and 0 mentions for Aquis Exchange. Record's average media sentiment score of 0.11 beat Aquis Exchange's score of 0.00 indicating that Record is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Record beats Aquis Exchange on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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