FCH vs. PFG, IPF, VANQ, HAT, 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), Vanquis Banking Group (VANQ), H&T Group (HAT), 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
Vanquis Banking Group (LON:PFG) and Funding Circle (LON:FCH) are both small-cap credit services industry companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
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.
Vanquis Banking Group has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Funding Circle has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
84.0% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.0% of Funding Circle shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.2% of Funding Circle shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments 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.
In the previous week, Funding Circle had 4 more articles in the media than Vanquis Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Funding Circle and 1 mentions for Vanquis Banking Group. Funding Circle's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Vanquis Banking Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Funding Circle is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Vanquis Banking Group beats Funding Circle on 9 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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This page (LON:FCH) was last updated on 8/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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