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Funding Circle (FCH) Competitors

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GBX 123.80 +2.80 (+2.31%)
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FCH vs. PFG, IPF, HAT, VANQ, EQLS, SUS, FFX, ASAI, TRU, and PARK

Should you be buying Funding Circle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Funding Circle include Vanquis Banking Group (PFG), International Personal Finance (IPF), H&T Group (HAT), Vanquis Banking Group (VANQ), Equals Group (EQLS), S&U (SUS), Fairfx Group (FFX), ASA International Group (ASAI), TruFin (TRU), and Park Group (PARK). These companies are all part of the "credit services" industry.

Funding Circle vs. Its Competitors

Funding Circle (LON:FCH) and Vanquis Banking Group (LON:PFG) are both small-cap credit services industry companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Vanquis Banking Group has a net margin of 8.73% compared to Funding Circle's net margin of -19.85%. Vanquis Banking Group's return on equity of 17.19% beat Funding Circle's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Funding Circle-19.85% -13.75% -3.89%
Vanquis Banking Group 8.73%17.19%4.14%

In the previous week, Funding Circle had 5 more articles in the media than Vanquis Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Funding Circle and 0 mentions for Vanquis Banking Group. Funding Circle's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Vanquis Banking Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Funding Circle is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Funding Circle Positive
Vanquis Banking Group Neutral

Funding Circle has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vanquis Banking Group has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Funding Circle£177.50M2.06-£5.47M£0.034,952.00
Vanquis Banking Group£446.50M0.00£103.50M£0.41N/A

39.2% of Funding Circle shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of Funding Circle shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Vanquis Banking Group beats Funding Circle on 8 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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FCH vs. The Competition

MetricFunding CircleCredit Services IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£365.58M£393.34M£6.47B£2.57B
Dividend YieldN/A15.52%4.33%5.33%
P/E Ratio4,952.00317.241,791.915,419.03
Price / Sales2.0654.061,360.7797,238.41
Price / Cash0.6814.50127.9427.93
Price / Book9.653.322.098.98
Net Income-£5.47M£53.80M£1.23B£5.89B
7 Day Performance3.17%1.11%1.09%0.86%
1 Month Performance-16.46%1.34%2.55%2.84%
1 Year Performance-2.52%45.32%33.99%177.51%

Funding Circle Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FCH
Funding Circle
N/AGBX 123.80
+2.3%
N/A-6.6%£365.58M£177.50M4,952.001,101Positive News
PFG
Vanquis Banking Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£571.19M£446.50M548.7819,300
IPF
International Personal Finance
N/AGBX 198
-1.0%
N/A+30.5%£433.85M£631.90M636.666,230
HAT
H&T Group
1.0453 of 5 stars
GBX 650
flat
GBX 559
-14.0%
+76.2%£283.24M£240.86M12.861,625
VANQ
Vanquis Banking Group
1.2112 of 5 stars
GBX 109
+0.7%
GBX 83
-23.9%
+92.6%£279.57M£451.40M-357.381,478News Coverage
Positive News
EQLS
Equals Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£265.55M£112.32M32.12397
SUS
S&U
1.0318 of 5 stars
GBX 1,800
+1.1%
GBX 1,700
-5.6%
+9.7%£218.72M£97.63M1,221.17224
FFX
Fairfx Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£204.20M£26.09M77.8139,000
ASAI
ASA International Group
N/AGBX 164
+4.1%
N/A+159.1%£161.36M£186.84M565.5213,433Gap Up
TRU
TruFin
N/AGBX 108
+0.9%
N/A+128.0%£110.25M£54.95M2,571.4312,200News Coverage
PARK
Park Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£94.57M£110.39M10.57N/A

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