AQX vs. LSEG, RNEW, UTLI, BGEO, HSBA, BNC, OMU, BARC, LLOY, and NWG
Should you be buying Aquis Exchange stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aquis Exchange include London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), Ecofin U.S. Renewables Infrastructure Trust (RNEW), UIL Finance (UTLI), Lion Finance Group (BGEO), HSBC (HSBA), Banco Santander (BNC), Old Mutual (OMU), Barclays (BARC), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), and NatWest Group (NWG). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Aquis Exchange vs. Its Competitors
London Stock Exchange Group (LON:LSEG) and Aquis Exchange (LON:AQX) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.
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.
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.
62.7% of London Stock Exchange Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.2% of Aquis Exchange shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of London Stock Exchange Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of Aquis Exchange shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
London Stock Exchange Group presently has a consensus price target of £130, indicating a potential upside of 39.78%. Aquis Exchange has a consensus price target of GBX 960, indicating a potential upside of 21,333,233.33%. Given Aquis Exchange's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aquis Exchange is more favorable than London Stock Exchange Group.
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 0.53 beat Aquis Exchange's score of 0.00 indicating that London Stock Exchange Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
London Stock Exchange Group has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aquis Exchange has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
London Stock Exchange Group beats Aquis Exchange on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (LON:AQX) was last updated on 9/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
