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.
Equals Group (LON:EQLS) and International Personal Finance (LON:IPF) 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 profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and community ranking.
Equals Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. International Personal Finance pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. 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 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.
60.0% of Equals Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.9% of International Personal Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 29.3% of Equals Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of International Personal Finance shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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 beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Personal Finance has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Equals Group has a net margin of 8.09% compared to International Personal Finance's net margin of 6.25%. Equals Group's return on equity of 15.39% beat International Personal Finance's return on equity.
Equals Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 176, suggesting a potential upside of 42.06%. Given Equals Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Equals Group is more favorable than International Personal Finance.
In the previous week, Equals Group had 3 more articles in the media than International Personal Finance. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Equals Group and 0 mentions for International Personal Finance. Equals Group's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat International Personal Finance's score of 0.00 indicating that Equals Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Equals Group beats International Personal Finance on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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