DFCH vs. HAT, EQLS, VANQ, SUS, FFX, ASAI, TRU, PARK, APP, and LIT
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), Equals Group (EQLS), Vanquis Banking Group (VANQ), S&U (SUS), Fairfx Group (FFX), ASA International Group (ASAI), TruFin (TRU), Park Group (PARK), Appreciate Group (APP), and Litigation Capital Management (LIT). These companies are all part of the "credit services" industry.
Distribution Finance Capital vs. Its Competitors
Distribution Finance Capital (LON:DFCH) and H&T Group (LON:HAT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and risk.
72.2% of Distribution Finance Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.6% of H&T Group shares are held by institutional investors. 18.1% of Distribution Finance Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of H&T Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Distribution Finance Capital has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, H&T Group has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 0.58 beat H&T Group's score of 0.20 indicating that Distribution Finance Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
H&T Group has a consensus target price of GBX 545, suggesting a potential downside of 15.90%. Given H&T Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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.
H&T Group has higher revenue and earnings than Distribution Finance Capital. Distribution Finance Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than H&T Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
H&T Group beats Distribution Finance Capital on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:DFCH) was last updated on 8/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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