47IE vs. MCL, NSF, PKG, PFG, IPF, FCH, 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), International Personal Finance (IPF), Funding Circle (FCH), 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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and risk.
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 company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
S&U has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morses Club has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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.
In the previous week, S&U's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Morses Club'saverage media sentiment score.
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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This page (LON:47IE) was last updated on 9/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
