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S&U (47IE) Competitors

GBX 0.65 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 08/21/2025

47IE vs. MCL, NSF, PKG, PFG, FCH, IPF, VANQ, HAT, EQLS, and SUS

Should you be buying S&U stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of S&U include Morses Club (MCL), Non-Standard Finance (NSF), Park Group (PKG), Vanquis Banking Group (PFG), Funding Circle (FCH), International Personal Finance (IPF), Vanquis Banking Group (VANQ), H&T Group (HAT), Equals Group (EQLS), and S&U (SUS). These companies are all part of the "credit services" industry.

S&U vs. Its Competitors

S&U (LON:47IE) and Morses Club (LON:MCL) are both small-cap credit services industry companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

1.1% of S&U shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.4% of Morses Club shares are held by institutional investors. 45.3% of Morses Club shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

S&U has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morses Club has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

S&U has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Morses Club. Morses Club is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than S&U, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
S&U£66.69M0.00£18.82M£312.700.00
Morses Club£100.06M0.00-£51.53M£0.01N/A

S&U pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 615.4%. Morses Club pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.01 per share. S&U pays out 1.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Morses Club pays out 100.0% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

S&U has a net margin of 28.21% compared to Morses Club's net margin of -51.50%. S&U's return on equity of 8.13% beat Morses Club's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
S&U28.21% 8.13% 4.18%
Morses Club -51.50%-122.39%-58.54%

In the previous week, S&U's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Morses Club'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
S&U Neutral
Morses Club Neutral

Summary

S&U beats Morses Club on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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47IE vs. The Competition

MetricS&UCredit Services IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£78K£400.25M£6.46B£3.22B
Dividend Yield6.06%15.78%4.17%5.04%
P/E Ratio0.0032.1514.41164.70
Price / Sales0.00105.141,782.54310,111.42
Price / Cash6.9114.42127.2027.93
Price / Book0.003.425.135.91
Net Income£18.82M£53.80M£1.23B£5.89B
7 Day PerformanceN/A0.64%0.91%49.52%
1 Month PerformanceN/A7.20%2.14%56.36%
1 Year PerformanceN/A52.15%23.94%136.20%

S&U Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
47IE
S&U
N/AGBX 0.65
flat
N/AN/A£78K£66.69M0.00224
MCL
Morses Club
N/AN/AN/AN/A£282K£100.06M21.00560Gap Up
NSF
Non-Standard Finance
N/AN/AN/AN/A£125K£69.63M-0.22549
PKG
Park Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.0015,100
PFG
Vanquis Banking Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£571.19M£446.50M548.7819,300
FCH
Funding Circle
N/AGBX 153.20
+3.0%
N/A+43.2%£457.99M£27.57M-83.111,101News Coverage
IPF
International Personal Finance
N/AGBX 210.13
-0.4%
N/A+29.3%£456.66M£695.42M10.186,230Gap Down
VANQ
Vanquis Banking Group
1.4675 of 5 stars
GBX 113.76
+0.1%
GBX 83
-27.0%
+94.6%£288.47M£454.39M-9.231,478Positive News
High Trading Volume
HAT
H&T Group
N/AGBX 650
flat
GBX 545
-16.2%
+68.4%£283.24M£240.86M12.861,625
EQLS
Equals Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£265.55M£112.32M32.12397
SUS
S&U
1.3376 of 5 stars
GBX 1,861.40
+0.6%
GBX 1,700
-8.7%
+6.3%£220.61M£65.05M11.73224Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:47IE) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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