Analyzing Euronext (EUXTF) and Its Peers

Euronext (OTCMKTS:EUXTF) is one of 1,749 public companies in the “Capital Markets” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Euronext to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Euronext and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Euronext	0	1	1	0	2.50
Euronext Competitors	5334	19700	21917	610	2.37

As a group, “Capital Markets” companies have a potential upside of 23.35%. Given Euronext’s peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Euronext has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Euronext and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Euronext	N/A	N/A	198.57
Euronext Competitors	$5.07 billion	$396.97 million	10.48

Euronext’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Euronext. Euronext is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Euronext and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Euronext	N/A	N/A	N/A
Euronext Competitors	270.31%	78.11%	3.57%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

30.7% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are owned by institutional investors. 13.1% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Euronext peers beat Euronext on 8 of the 11 factors compared.

About Euronext

Euronext N.V., together with its subsidiaries, operates securities and derivatives exchanges in Continental Europe, Ireland, and Norway. The company offers a range of exchange and corporate services, including security listings, cash and derivatives trading, and market data dissemination. It also provides listing venues and cash equities trading venues; and various marketplaces, including multilateral trading facilities for investors, broker-dealers, and other market participants to meet directly to buy and sell cash equities, fixed income securities, and exchange traded products. In addition, the company offers options contracts based on the blue-chip equities listed on Euronext; commodity derivatives, such as milling wheat futures contracts; and post-trade services, as well as distributes and sells real-time, historic, and reference data to data vendors, and financial institutions and individual investors. Further, it provides equity, debt, fund and ETF listing, corporate and investor, cash trading, foreign exchange trading, derivatives trading, fixed income trading, and power trading services. Additionally, the company offers technology solutions and services to exchanges, venue operators, and financial institutions; colocation, network and proximity services; and regulatory reporting services. The company was formerly known as Euronext Group N.V. and changed its name to Euronext N.V. in May 2014. Euronext N.V. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.