NDAQ vs. SNEX, ICE, CME, TROW, TW, LPLA, ACGL, DB, BCS, and DFS
Should you be buying Nasdaq stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nasdaq include StoneX Group (SNEX), Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), CME Group (CME), T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), Tradeweb Markets (TW), LPL Financial (LPLA), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (DB), Barclays (BCS), and Discover Financial Services (DFS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Nasdaq (NASDAQ:NDAQ) and StoneX Group (NASDAQ:SNEX) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Nasdaq received 824 more outperform votes than StoneX Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.56% of users gave Nasdaq an outperform vote while only 41.67% of users gave StoneX Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Nasdaq had 15 more articles in the media than StoneX Group. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Nasdaq and 1 mentions for StoneX Group. StoneX Group's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Nasdaq's score of 0.78 indicating that StoneX Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Nasdaq has higher earnings, but lower revenue than StoneX Group. StoneX Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nasdaq, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Nasdaq has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StoneX Group has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Nasdaq currently has a consensus target price of $67.09, suggesting a potential upside of 9.09%. Given Nasdaq's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Nasdaq is more favorable than StoneX Group.
Nasdaq has a net margin of 17.48% compared to StoneX Group's net margin of 0.34%. Nasdaq's return on equity of 19.28% beat StoneX Group's return on equity.
72.5% of Nasdaq shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of StoneX Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Nasdaq shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of StoneX Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Nasdaq beats StoneX Group on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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