ESNT vs. PFG, GOCO, THG, FFX, PGR, ACIC, CNC, MCG, AXS, and AJG
Should you be buying Essentra stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Essentra include Vanquis Banking Group (PFG), GoCo Group plc (GOCO.L) (GOCO), THG (THG), Fairfx Group (FFX), Phoenix Global Resources (PGR), abrdn China Investment (ACIC), Concurrent Technologies (CNC), Mobico Group (MCG), Accsys Technologies (AXS), and Atlantis Japan Growth (AJG). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Essentra vs. Its Competitors
Vanquis Banking Group (LON:PFG) and Essentra (LON:ESNT) are both small-cap insurance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Vanquis Banking Group and Vanquis Banking Group both had 1 articles in the media. Vanquis Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Essentra's score of 0.59 indicating that Vanquis Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
84.0% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of Essentra shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Essentra shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Vanquis Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share. Essentra pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Vanquis Banking Group pays out 4,146.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Essentra pays out 84.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Essentra is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Vanquis Banking Group has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Essentra has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Essentra has a consensus target price of GBX 191.67, indicating a potential upside of 95.98%. Given Essentra's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Essentra is more favorable than Vanquis Banking Group.
Vanquis Banking Group has a net margin of 8.73% compared to Essentra's net margin of 1.13%. Vanquis Banking Group's return on equity of 17.19% beat Essentra's return on equity.
Vanquis Banking Group has higher revenue and earnings than Essentra. Vanquis Banking Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Essentra, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Vanquis Banking Group beats Essentra 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:ESNT) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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