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Aquis Exchange (AQX) Competitors

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GBX 721 -1.50 (-0.21%)
As of 06/13/2025 11:37 AM Eastern

AQX vs. LSEG, MTRO, CRE, SDP, GSCT, CGI, VOF, JII, BGFD, and CMCX

Should you be buying Aquis Exchange stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aquis Exchange include London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), Metro Bank (MTRO), Conduit (CRE), Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (SDP), The Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT), Canadian General Investments (CGI), VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund (VOF), JPMorgan Indian (JII), The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (BGFD), and CMC Markets (CMCX). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.

Aquis Exchange vs. Its Competitors

Aquis Exchange (LON:AQX) and London Stock Exchange Group (LON:LSEG) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and dividends.

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

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£24.65M8.05£5.13M£18.6238.72
London Stock Exchange Group£8.50B6.88£673.82M£127.5186.62

In the previous week, Aquis Exchange's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled London Stock Exchange Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Aquis Exchange Neutral
London Stock Exchange Group Neutral

Aquis Exchange presently has a consensus target price of GBX 960, indicating a potential upside of 33.15%. London Stock Exchange Group has a consensus target price of £125, indicating a potential upside of 13.18%. Given Aquis Exchange's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly 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)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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 insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of London Stock Exchange Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Aquis Exchange20.80% 17.27% 8.70%
London Stock Exchange Group 7.93%2.92%0.13%

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Aquis ExchangeOutperform Votes
44
73.33%
Underperform Votes
16
26.67%
London Stock Exchange GroupOutperform Votes
67
88.16%
Underperform Votes
9
11.84%

Summary

London Stock Exchange Group beats Aquis Exchange on 8 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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AQX vs. The Competition

MetricAquis ExchangeFinancial Data & Stock Exchanges IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£198.53M£28.81B£5.64B£2.91B
Dividend YieldN/A2.15%4.13%4.90%
P/E Ratio38.7253.1012.63124.60
Price / Sales8.05302.701,724.55248,064.90
Price / Cash8.7818.4349.9228.07
Price / Book6.604.713.154.64
Net Income£5.13M£889.33M£1.23B£5.91B
7 Day Performance-0.21%-1.03%5.92%12.86%
1 Month Performance0.80%0.51%15.26%25.97%
1 Year Performance53.40%30.66%14.57%77.96%

Aquis Exchange Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AQX
Aquis Exchange
N/AGBX 721
-0.2%
GBX 960
+33.1%
+51.8%£198.53M£24.65M38.7275
LSEG
London Stock Exchange Group
0.9071 of 5 stars
£111.89
-0.1%
£125
+11.7%
+18.0%£59.23B£8.50B87.7525,608
MTRO
Metro Bank
N/AGBX 114.20
flat
N/A+216.9%£780.84M£752.96M-31.924,286News Coverage
CRE
Conduit
3.7805 of 5 stars
GBX 385.50
-0.4%
GBX 698.33
+81.2%
-25.2%£775.04M£883.47M3.6459
SDP
Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund
N/AGBX 548
+0.2%
N/A+4.6%£774.14M£134.70M6.39N/APositive News
GSCT
The Global Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 160.45
+0.2%
N/A-1.1%£771.35M£70.77M1.29N/APositive News
CGI
Canadian General Investments
N/AGBX 2,075
-0.5%
N/A-3.0%£753.01M£350.08M4.62N/ANews Coverage
High Trading Volume
VOF
VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund
N/AGBX 419.50
-0.4%
N/A-15.0%£743.85M£115.59M11.18125News Coverage
JII
JPMorgan Indian
N/AGBX 1,098.72
+1.7%
N/A+12.4%£736.00M£163.61M6.10N/ANews Coverage
BGFD
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust
N/AGBX 780
+0.1%
N/A+9.3%£711.94M£69.20M10.81N/ANews Coverage
CMCX
CMC Markets
1.0777 of 5 stars
GBX 256
+2.4%
GBX 192
-25.0%
-2.1%£711.29M£341.77M2.161,197

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This page (LON:AQX) was last updated on 6/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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