FCH vs. PFG, IPF, EQLS, FFX, HAT, SUS, VANQ, ASAI, LIT, 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), Equals Group (EQLS), Fairfx Group (FFX), H&T Group (HAT), S&U (SUS), Vanquis Banking Group (VANQ), ASA International Group (ASAI), Litigation Capital Management (LIT), and Park Group (PARK). These companies are all part of the "credit services" industry.
Funding Circle vs.
Vanquis Banking Group (LON:PFG) and Funding Circle (LON:FCH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Funding Circle had 2 more articles in the media than Vanquis Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Funding Circle and 0 mentions for Vanquis Banking Group. Funding Circle's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat Vanquis Banking Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Funding Circle is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vanquis Banking Group received 465 more outperform votes than Funding Circle when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.86% of users gave Funding Circle an outperform vote while only 60.52% of users gave Vanquis Banking Group an outperform vote.
Vanquis Banking Group has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Funding Circle has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vanquis Banking Group has higher revenue and earnings than Funding Circle. Funding Circle 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.
84.0% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.0% of Funding Circle shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.2% of Funding Circle shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Summary
Vanquis Banking Group beats Funding Circle on 10 of the 14 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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This page (LON:FCH) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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