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Distribution Finance Capital (DFCH) Competitors

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GBX 56.20 -1.30 (-2.26%)
As of 05/22/2026 12:07 PM Eastern

DFCH vs. VANQ, HAT, EQLS, SUS, and FFX

Should you buy Distribution Finance Capital stock or one of its competitors? MarketBeat compares Distribution Finance Capital with other companies and stocks that may be similar based on industry, sector, market capitalization, business model, investor interest, or shared news coverage. Companies and stocks commonly compared with Distribution Finance Capital include Vanquis Banking Group (VANQ), H&T Group (HAT), Equals Group (EQLS), S&U (SUS), and Fairfx Group (FFX). These companies are all part of the "credit services" industry.

How does Distribution Finance Capital compare to Vanquis Banking Group?

Distribution Finance Capital (LON:DFCH) and Vanquis Banking Group (LON:VANQ) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Distribution Finance Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vanquis Banking Group. Distribution Finance Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vanquis Banking Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Distribution Finance Capital£55.70M1.66£7.40M£8.406.69
Vanquis Banking Group£454.90M0.60-£31.26M£3.1035.18

27.8% of Distribution Finance Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.0% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Distribution Finance Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Distribution Finance Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Vanquis Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Distribution Finance Capital and 0 mentions for Vanquis Banking Group. Vanquis Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Distribution Finance Capital's score of 1.50 indicating that Vanquis Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Distribution Finance Capital Positive
Vanquis Banking Group Very Positive

Vanquis Banking Group has a consensus price target of GBX 140, suggesting a potential upside of 28.36%. Given Vanquis Banking Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vanquis Banking Group is more favorable than Distribution Finance Capital.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Distribution Finance Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Vanquis Banking Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Distribution Finance Capital has a net margin of 20.97% compared to Vanquis Banking Group's net margin of 1.87%. Distribution Finance Capital's return on equity of 12.38% beat Vanquis Banking Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Distribution Finance Capital20.97% 12.38% 1.16%
Vanquis Banking Group 1.87%1.89%-0.87%

Distribution Finance Capital has a beta of 0.892, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Vanquis Banking Group has a beta of 1.227, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the broader market.

Summary

Distribution Finance Capital and Vanquis Banking Group tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Distribution Finance Capital compare to H&T Group?

H&T Group (LON:HAT) and Distribution Finance Capital (LON:DFCH) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Distribution Finance Capital had 1 more articles in the media than H&T Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Distribution Finance Capital and 0 mentions for H&T Group. Distribution Finance Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat H&T Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Distribution Finance Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
H&T Group Neutral
Distribution Finance Capital Positive

Distribution Finance Capital has a net margin of 20.97% compared to H&T Group's net margin of 8.38%. Distribution Finance Capital's return on equity of 12.38% beat H&T Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
H&T Group8.38% 12.03% 9.07%
Distribution Finance Capital 20.97%12.38%1.16%

46.6% of H&T Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.8% of Distribution Finance Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.3% of H&T Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Distribution Finance Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
H&T Group£240.86M1.18£21.82M£50.5412.86
Distribution Finance Capital£55.70M1.66£7.40M£8.406.69

H&T Group has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Distribution Finance Capital has a beta of 0.892, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the broader market.

Summary

H&T Group beats Distribution Finance Capital on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Distribution Finance Capital compare to Equals Group?

Distribution Finance Capital (LON:DFCH) and Equals Group (LON:EQLS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Distribution Finance Capital has a net margin of 20.97% compared to Equals Group's net margin of 5.62%. Distribution Finance Capital's return on equity of 12.38% beat Equals Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Distribution Finance Capital20.97% 12.38% 1.16%
Equals Group 5.62%12.17%8.11%

27.8% of Distribution Finance Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.3% of Equals Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Distribution Finance Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.9% of Equals Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Distribution Finance Capital has a beta of 0.892, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Equals Group has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the broader market.

Equals Group has higher revenue and earnings than Distribution Finance Capital. Equals 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Distribution Finance Capital£55.70M1.66£7.40M£8.406.69
Equals Group£112.32M0.00£8.27M£4.34N/A

In the previous week, Distribution Finance Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Equals Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Distribution Finance Capital and 0 mentions for Equals Group. Distribution Finance Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Equals Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Distribution Finance Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Distribution Finance Capital Positive
Equals Group Neutral

Summary

Equals Group beats Distribution Finance Capital on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Distribution Finance Capital compare to S&U?

Distribution Finance Capital (LON:DFCH) and S&U (LON:SUS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.

S&U has a net margin of 22.07% compared to Distribution Finance Capital's net margin of 20.97%. Distribution Finance Capital's return on equity of 12.38% beat S&U's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Distribution Finance Capital20.97% 12.38% 1.16%
S&U 22.07%9.68%4.18%

27.8% of Distribution Finance Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.2% of S&U shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of Distribution Finance Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 65.5% of S&U shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Distribution Finance Capital has a beta of 0.892, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, S&U has a beta of 0.561, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the broader market.

S&U has a consensus price target of GBX 2,110, suggesting a potential upside of 7.65%. Given S&U's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe S&U is more favorable than Distribution Finance Capital.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Distribution Finance Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
S&U
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

S&U has higher revenue and earnings than Distribution Finance Capital. Distribution Finance Capital 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
Distribution Finance Capital£55.70M1.66£7.40M£8.406.69
S&U£93.22M2.55£18.35M£195.2010.04

In the previous week, Distribution Finance Capital and Distribution Finance Capital both had 1 articles in the media. Distribution Finance Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat S&U's score of 1.24 indicating that Distribution Finance Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Distribution Finance Capital
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
S&U
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

S&U beats Distribution Finance Capital on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Distribution Finance Capital compare to Fairfx Group?

Fairfx Group (LON:FFX) and Distribution Finance Capital (LON:DFCH) are both small-cap credit services industry companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Distribution Finance Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Fairfx Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Distribution Finance Capital and 0 mentions for Fairfx Group. Distribution Finance Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Fairfx Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Distribution Finance Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Fairfx Group Neutral
Distribution Finance Capital Positive

27.8% of Distribution Finance Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of Distribution Finance Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Distribution Finance Capital has a net margin of 20.97% compared to Fairfx Group's net margin of 0.00%. Distribution Finance Capital's return on equity of 12.38% beat Fairfx Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Fairfx GroupN/A N/A N/A
Distribution Finance Capital 20.97%12.38%1.16%

Distribution Finance Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Fairfx Group. Fairfx 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Fairfx Group£26.09M0.00N/A£1.60N/A
Distribution Finance Capital£55.70M1.66£7.40M£8.406.69

Summary

Distribution Finance Capital beats Fairfx Group on 9 of the 10 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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DFCH vs. The Competition

MetricDistribution Finance CapitalCredit Services IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£94.35M£302.12M£5.87B£3.04B
Dividend YieldN/A16.79%5.22%6.10%
P/E Ratio6.696.8015.88365.89
Price / Sales1.6696.96982.4687,843.39
Price / Cash0.8914.5793.3527.89
Price / Book0.943.116.577.69
Net Income£7.40M£59.40M£1.14B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-3.53%0.47%0.66%8.05%
1 Month Performance-6.33%-2.60%1.71%2.82%
1 Year Performance47.89%26.64%19.78%77.61%

Distribution Finance Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DFCH
Distribution Finance Capital
N/AGBX 56.20
-2.3%
N/A+45.6%£94.35M£55.70M6.69133
VANQ
Vanquis Banking Group
3.7055 of 5 stars
GBX 113.40
-0.7%
GBX 140
+23.5%
+30.6%£283.88M£454.90M36.581,478
HAT
H&T Group
N/AGBX 650
flat
N/A+0.7%£283.24M£240.86M12.861,625
EQLS
Equals Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£265.55M£112.32M32.12397
SUS
S&U
2.1657 of 5 stars
GBX 1,985
-2.7%
GBX 2,110
+6.3%
+29.4%£241.20M£93.22M10.17224

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This page (LON:DFCH) was last updated on 5/23/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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