DFCH vs. HAT, VANQ, EQLS, SUS, FFX, ASAI, TRU, PARK, APP, and TIME
Should you be buying Distribution Finance Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Distribution Finance Capital include H&T Group (HAT), Vanquis Banking Group (VANQ), Equals Group (EQLS), S&U (SUS), Fairfx Group (FFX), ASA International Group (ASAI), TruFin (TRU), Park Group (PARK), Appreciate Group (APP), and Time Finance (TIME). These companies are all part of the "credit services" industry.
Distribution Finance Capital vs. Its Competitors
H&T Group (LON:HAT) and Distribution Finance Capital (LON:DFCH) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
H&T Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 559, suggesting a potential downside of 14.00%. Given H&T Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe H&T Group is more favorable than Distribution Finance Capital.
Distribution Finance Capital has a net margin of 14.99% compared to H&T Group's net margin of 9.06%. H&T Group's return on equity of 12.14% beat Distribution Finance Capital's return on equity.
46.6% of H&T Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.7% of Distribution Finance Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.3% of H&T Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Distribution Finance Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Distribution Finance Capital had 2 more articles in the media than H&T Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Distribution Finance Capital and 0 mentions for H&T Group. Distribution Finance Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat H&T Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Distribution Finance Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
H&T Group has higher revenue and earnings than Distribution Finance Capital. H&T Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Distribution Finance Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
H&T Group has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Distribution Finance Capital has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
H&T Group beats Distribution Finance Capital on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:DFCH) was last updated on 9/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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