FCH vs. EQLS, IPF, SUS, HAT, LIT, VANQ, TRU, ASAI, MTE, and CCJI
Should you be buying Funding Circle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Funding Circle include Equals Group (EQLS), International Personal Finance (IPF), S&U (SUS), H&T Group (HAT), Litigation Capital Management (LIT), Vanquis Banking Group (VANQ), TruFin (TRU), ASA International Group (ASAI), Montanaro European Smaller (MTE), and CC Japan Income & Growth Trust (CCJI). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Equals Group (LON:EQLS) and Funding Circle (LON:FCH) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
Equals Group received 6 more outperform votes than Funding Circle when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 85.71% of users gave Equals Group an outperform vote while only 64.86% of users gave Funding Circle an outperform vote.
Equals Group has a net margin of 8.09% compared to Equals Group's net margin of -22.77%. Funding Circle's return on equity of 15.39% beat Equals Group's return on equity.
Equals Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 163, indicating a potential upside of 26.07%. Given Funding Circle's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Equals Group is more favorable than Funding Circle.
60.0% of Equals Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.2% of Funding Circle shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.3% of Equals Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 35.4% of Funding Circle shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Equals Group and Equals Group both had 1 articles in the media. Funding Circle'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 media.
Equals Group has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Funding Circle has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Equals Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Funding Circle. Funding Circle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equals Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Equals Group beats Funding Circle on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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