AQX vs. LSEG, ESCT, GSCT, SDP, CMCX, CRE, VOF, JII, CGI, 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), The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT), The Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT), Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (SDP), CMC Markets (CMCX), Conduit (CRE), VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund (VOF), JPMorgan Indian (JII), Canadian General Investments (CGI), 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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.
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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
London Stock Exchange Group currently has a consensus target price of £120, indicating a potential upside of 4.08%. Aquis Exchange has a consensus target price of GBX 960, indicating a potential upside of 33.33%. Given Aquis Exchange's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Aquis Exchange is more favorable than London Stock Exchange Group.
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.
In the previous week, Aquis Exchange had 1 more articles in the media than London Stock Exchange Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Aquis Exchange and 1 mentions for London Stock Exchange Group. Aquis Exchange's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat London Stock Exchange Group's score of 0.30 indicating that Aquis Exchange is being referred to more favorably in the news 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.
London Stock Exchange Group received 23 more outperform votes than Aquis Exchange when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 88.16% of users gave London Stock Exchange Group an outperform vote while only 73.33% of users gave Aquis Exchange an outperform vote.
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.
Summary
Aquis Exchange beats London Stock Exchange Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:AQX) was last updated on 5/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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