VANQ vs. LIT, TRU, HAT, ASAI, DFCH, TIME, SUS, IPF, EQLS, and FCH
Should you be buying Vanquis Banking Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vanquis Banking Group include Litigation Capital Management (LIT), TruFin (TRU), H&T Group (HAT), ASA International Group (ASAI), Distribution Finance Capital (DFCH), Time Finance (TIME), S&U (SUS), International Personal Finance (IPF), Equals Group (EQLS), and Funding Circle (FCH). These companies are all part of the "credit services" industry.
Vanquis Banking Group (LON:VANQ) and Litigation Capital Management (LON:LIT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
Litigation Capital Management received 21 more outperform votes than Vanquis Banking Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.14% of users gave Litigation Capital Management an outperform vote while only 18.18% of users gave Vanquis Banking Group an outperform vote.
Vanquis Banking Group has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Litigation Capital Management has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Vanquis Banking Group and Vanquis Banking Group both had 1 articles in the media. Vanquis Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Litigation Capital Management's score of 0.16 indicating that Vanquis Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vanquis Banking Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 397.50, indicating a potential upside of 662.96%. Given Vanquis Banking Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Vanquis Banking Group is more favorable than Litigation Capital Management.
Vanquis Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. Litigation Capital Management pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Vanquis Banking Group pays out -30,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Litigation Capital Management pays out 1,052.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Vanquis Banking Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Litigation Capital Management has a net margin of 18.77% compared to Vanquis Banking Group's net margin of -1.85%. Litigation Capital Management's return on equity of 30.30% beat Vanquis Banking Group's return on equity.
92.7% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.8% of Litigation Capital Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of Litigation Capital Management shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Litigation Capital Management has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Vanquis Banking Group. Vanquis Banking Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Litigation Capital Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Litigation Capital Management beats Vanquis Banking Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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