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London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Competitors

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GBX 9,636 +222.39 (+2.36%)
As of 08/4/2025 12:40 PM Eastern

LSEG vs. AQX, BNC, BARC, OMU, LLOY, NWG, STAN, PRU, AV, 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), Banco Santander (BNC), Barclays (BARC), Old Mutual (OMU), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), NatWest Group (NWG), Standard Chartered (STAN), Prudential (PRU), Aviva (AV), and AIB Group (AIBG). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.

London Stock Exchange Group vs. Its Competitors

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

London Stock Exchange Group has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aquis Exchange has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% 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
London Stock Exchange Group£8.50B6.00£673.82M£127.5175.57
Aquis Exchange£24.65M0.00£5.13M£18.620.00

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
London Stock Exchange Group7.93% 2.92% 0.13%
Aquis Exchange 20.80%17.27%8.70%

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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

London Stock Exchange Group presently has a consensus price target of £130, suggesting a potential upside of 34.91%. Aquis Exchange has a consensus price target of GBX 960, suggesting a potential upside of 27,428,471.43%. Given Aquis Exchange's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aquis Exchange is more favorable than London Stock Exchange Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
London Stock Exchange Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Aquis Exchange
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, London Stock Exchange Group had 25 more articles in the media than Aquis Exchange. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for London Stock Exchange Group and 0 mentions for Aquis Exchange. London Stock Exchange Group's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Aquis Exchange's score of 0.00 indicating that London Stock Exchange Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
London Stock Exchange Group Positive
Aquis Exchange Neutral

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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LSEG vs. The Competition

MetricLondon Stock Exchange GroupFinancial Data & Stock Exchanges IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£51.01B£26.87B£6.31B£3.06B
Dividend Yield1.03%1.76%4.18%5.02%
P/E Ratio75.5747.9514.15171.66
Price / Sales6.00124.171,848.78290,302.65
Price / Cash17.9718.4349.0627.97
Price / Book2.063.442.104.53
Net Income£673.82M£889.33M£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day Performance-3.64%-0.60%6.75%13.47%
1 Month Performance-9.94%-3.05%8.83%11.25%
1 Year Performance0.50%25.01%22.39%76.96%

London Stock Exchange Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LSEG
London Stock Exchange Group
3.1231 of 5 stars
GBX 9,636
+2.4%
£130
+34.9%
-1.1%£51.01B£8.50B75.5725,608Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Buyback Announcement
AQX
Aquis Exchange
N/AGBX 0
flat
GBX 960
+23,999,900.0%
-100.0%£1K£24.65M0.0075Gap Down
High Trading Volume
BNC
Banco Santander
N/AGBX 655
-0.8%
N/A+90.9%£120.23B£70.85B10.26206,500
BARC
Barclays
3.1455 of 5 stars
GBX 373.90
-0.3%
GBX 384.20
+2.8%
+73.3%£53.69B£24.93B10.9987,400Earnings Report
OMU
Old Mutual
N/AGBX 52.80
-0.8%
N/A+3.8%£52.03B£1.13T19.9129,861
LLOY
Lloyds Banking Group
1.5975 of 5 stars
GBX 77.80
-1.1%
GBX 67.80
-12.9%
+49.2%£47.17B£28.75B9.8459,400Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
NWG
NatWest Group
3.2968 of 5 stars
GBX 527
-0.6%
GBX 564.17
+7.1%
+62.1%£42.18B£24.36B9.4661,000
STAN
Standard Chartered
2.4659 of 5 stars
GBX 1,360.50
-0.7%
GBX 1,139
-16.3%
+98.6%£41.08B£17.46B12.2584,845
PRU
Prudential
2.8329 of 5 stars
GBX 963.80
+2.7%
GBX 1,153.33
+19.7%
+47.3%£31.71B£10.35B48.1539,900High Trading Volume
AV
Aviva
1.7032 of 5 stars
GBX 639
-0.5%
GBX 636
-0.5%
+32.8%£17.17B£37.44B13.1726,382High Trading Volume
AIBG
AIB Group
N/AGBX 608
-0.3%
N/A+36.0%£16.99B£5.27B8.3110,551

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This page (LON:LSEG) was last updated on 8/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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