EQLS vs. IPF, SUS, FCH, HAT, LIT, VANQ, TRU, ASAI, JMI, and RSE
Should you be buying Equals Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equals Group include International Personal Finance (IPF), S&U (SUS), Funding Circle (FCH), H&T Group (HAT), Litigation Capital Management (LIT), Vanquis Banking Group (VANQ), TruFin (TRU), ASA International Group (ASAI), JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust (JMI), and Riverstone Energy (RSE). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
International Personal Finance (LON:IPF) and Equals Group (LON:EQLS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations and earnings.
91.9% of International Personal Finance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.0% of Equals Group shares are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of International Personal Finance shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 29.3% of Equals 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.
International Personal Finance has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equals Group has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Equals Group has a consensus price target of GBX 163, indicating a potential upside of 26.36%. Given International Personal Finance's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Equals Group is more favorable than International Personal Finance.
International Personal Finance pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Equals Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. International Personal Finance pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Equals Group pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
International Personal Finance received 347 more outperform votes than Equals Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 85.71% of users gave Equals Group an outperform vote while only 65.91% of users gave International Personal Finance an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Equals Group had 1 more articles in the media than International Personal Finance. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Equals Group and 0 mentions for International Personal Finance. International Personal Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Equals Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Equals Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
International Personal Finance has higher revenue and earnings than Equals Group. International Personal Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equals Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Equals Group has a net margin of 8.09% compared to Equals Group's net margin of 6.25%. International Personal Finance's return on equity of 15.39% beat Equals Group's return on equity.
Summary
Equals Group beats International Personal Finance on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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