DFCH vs. TIME, ASAI, VCAP, TRU, LIT, VANQ, HAT, CBKD, MINI, and CAV
Should you be buying Distribution Finance Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Distribution Finance Capital include Time Finance (TIME), ASA International Group (ASAI), Vector Capital (VCAP), TruFin (TRU), Litigation Capital Management (LIT), Vanquis Banking Group (VANQ), H&T Group (HAT), Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. (CBKD), Miton UK Microcap (MINI), and Cavendish Financial (CAV). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Distribution Finance Capital (LON:DFCH) and Time Finance (LON:TIME) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Time Finance has higher revenue and earnings than Distribution Finance Capital. Time Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Distribution Finance Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Distribution Finance Capital received 19 more outperform votes than Time Finance when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Time Finance had 29 more articles in the media than Distribution Finance Capital. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Time Finance and 0 mentions for Distribution Finance Capital. Time Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat Distribution Finance Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that Time Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Distribution Finance Capital has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Time Finance has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
69.0% of Distribution Finance Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.4% of Time Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 15.9% of Distribution Finance Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of Time Finance shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Time Finance has a net margin of 13.66% compared to Distribution Finance Capital's net margin of 11.66%. Time Finance's return on equity of 6.34% beat Distribution Finance Capital's return on equity.
Summary
Time Finance beats Distribution Finance Capital on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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