47IE vs. ORCH, GLIF, LIT, VCAP, PCF, LEND, ZAIM, AMGO, MCL, and NSF
Should you be buying S&U stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of S&U include Orchard Funding Group (ORCH), GLI Finance (GLIF), Litigation Capital Management (LIT), Vector Capital (VCAP), PCF Group (PCF), Sancus Lending Group (LEND), Adalan Ventures (ZAIM), Amigo (AMGO), Morses Club (MCL), and Non-Standard Finance (NSF). These companies are all part of the "credit services" industry.
S&U vs. Its Competitors
Orchard Funding Group (LON:ORCH) and S&U (LON:47IE) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.
Orchard Funding Group has a beta of -0.13, indicating that its share price is 113% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, S&U has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
S&U has a net margin of 28.21% compared to Orchard Funding Group's net margin of 23.07%. Orchard Funding Group's return on equity of 8.62% beat S&U's return on equity.
In the previous week, Orchard Funding Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled S&U'saverage media sentiment score.
9.4% of Orchard Funding Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.1% of S&U shares are held by institutional investors. 57.2% of Orchard Funding Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Orchard Funding Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. S&U pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 615.4%. Orchard Funding Group pays out 7.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. S&U pays out 1.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. S&U is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
S&U has higher revenue and earnings than Orchard Funding Group. S&U is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Orchard Funding Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
S&U beats Orchard Funding Group on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:47IE) was last updated on 10/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
