SUS vs. IPF, EQLS, FCH, HAT, LIT, VANQ, TRU, ASAI, JMI, and ADIG
Should you be buying S&U stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of S&U include International Personal Finance (IPF), Equals Group (EQLS), 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 abrdn Diversified Income & Growth (ADIG). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
International Personal Finance (LON:IPF) and S&U (LON:SUS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.
87.9% of International Personal Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.4% of S&U shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.4% of International Personal Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 82.7% of S&U shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
International Personal Finance has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, S&U has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, S&U had 7 more articles in the media than International Personal Finance. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for S&U and 2 mentions for International Personal Finance. S&U's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat International Personal Finance's score of 0.16 indicating that International Personal Finance is being referred to more favorably in the media.
S&U has a net margin of 39.80% compared to S&U's net margin of 6.25%. International Personal Finance's return on equity of 14.86% beat S&U's return on equity.
International Personal Finance has higher revenue and earnings than S&U. International Personal Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than S&U, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
S&U has a consensus target price of GBX 2,180, indicating a potential upside of 7.92%. Given International Personal Finance's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe S&U is more favorable than International Personal Finance.
International Personal Finance received 127 more outperform votes than S&U when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.03% of users gave S&U an outperform vote while only 65.91% of users gave International Personal Finance an outperform vote.
International Personal Finance pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. S&U pays an annual dividend of GBX 168 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. 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. S&U pays out 6,222.2% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
International Personal Finance beats S&U on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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