LSEG vs. AQX, HSBA, BNC, OMU, BARC, LLOY, NWG, STAN, PRU, and AIBG
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), Old Mutual (OMU), Barclays (BARC), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), NatWest Group (NWG), Standard Chartered (STAN), Prudential (PRU), and AIB Group (AIBG). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
London Stock Exchange Group vs. Its Competitors
Aquis Exchange (LON:AQX) and London Stock Exchange Group (LON:LSEG) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.
In the previous week, Aquis Exchange's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled London Stock Exchange Group'saverage media sentiment score.
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.
Aquis Exchange has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, London Stock Exchange Group has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 possible upside, analysts plainly believe Aquis Exchange is more favorable than London Stock Exchange Group.
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.
36.7% of Aquis Exchange shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.0% of London Stock Exchange Group shares are held by institutional investors. 47.8% of Aquis Exchange shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of London Stock Exchange Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
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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This page (LON:LSEG) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
