FCH vs. PFG, IPF, HAT, EQLS, VANQ, SUS, FFX, ASAI, PARK, and TRU
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), Equals Group (EQLS), Vanquis Banking Group (VANQ), S&U (SUS), Fairfx Group (FFX), ASA International Group (ASAI), Park Group (PARK), and TruFin (TRU). 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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.
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 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.
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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Funding Circle had 1 more articles in the media than Vanquis Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Funding Circle and 0 mentions for Vanquis Banking Group. Vanquis Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Funding Circle'saverage media sentiment score.
Vanquis Banking Group has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Funding Circle has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Vanquis Banking Group beats Funding Circle on 9 of the 11 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 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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