NDAQ vs. SNEX, CME, ICE, TW, TROW, LPLA, DB, NWG, ACGL, and EXR
Should you be buying Nasdaq stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nasdaq include StoneX Group (SNEX), CME Group (CME), Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Tradeweb Markets (TW), T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), LPL Financial (LPLA), Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (DB), NatWest Group (NWG), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), and Extra Space Storage (EXR). 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 better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and profitability.
In the previous week, Nasdaq had 13 more articles in the media than StoneX Group. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Nasdaq and 6 mentions for StoneX Group. StoneX Group's average media sentiment score of 0.80 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 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StoneX Group has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
72.5% of Nasdaq shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of StoneX Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Nasdaq shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of StoneX Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Nasdaq currently has a consensus target price of $65.92, indicating a potential upside of 5.04%. Given Nasdaq's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Nasdaq is more favorable than StoneX Group.
Nasdaq has a net margin of 15.98% compared to StoneX Group's net margin of 0.33%. StoneX Group's return on equity of 17.29% beat Nasdaq's return on equity.
Nasdaq received 828 more outperform votes than StoneX Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.54% of users gave Nasdaq an outperform vote while only 41.67% of users gave StoneX Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Nasdaq beats StoneX Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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