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H&T Group (HAT) Competitors

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GBX 640 +2.00 (+0.31%)
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HAT vs. PFG, FCH, IPF, EQLS, VANQ, SUS, FFX, ASAI, PARK, and TRU

Should you be buying H&T Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of H&T Group include Vanquis Banking Group (PFG), Funding Circle (FCH), International Personal Finance (IPF), 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.

H&T Group vs. Its Competitors

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

H&T Group has a consensus target price of GBX 545, indicating a potential downside of 14.84%. Given Vanquis Banking Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Vanquis Banking Group is more favorable than H&T Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Vanquis Banking Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
H&T Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Vanquis Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share. H&T Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. 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. H&T Group pays out 35.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. H&T Group 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, H&T Group has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, H&T Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Vanquis Banking Group's score of 0.00 indicating that H&T Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Vanquis Banking Group Neutral
H&T Group Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vanquis Banking Group£446.50M0.00£103.50M£0.41N/A
H&T Group£240.86M1.16£21.82M£50.5412.66

H&T Group has a net margin of 9.06% compared to Vanquis Banking Group's net margin of 8.73%. Vanquis Banking Group's return on equity of 17.19% beat H&T Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vanquis Banking Group8.73% 17.19% 4.14%
H&T Group 9.06%12.14%9.07%

84.0% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.6% of H&T Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of H&T Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

H&T Group beats Vanquis Banking Group on 9 of the 16 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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HAT vs. The Competition

MetricH&T GroupCredit Services IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£278.88M£387.67M£6.11B£2.97B
Dividend Yield5.32%15.49%4.18%5.02%
P/E Ratio12.6628.8712.96151.20
Price / Sales1.1696.621,747.79252,273.63
Price / Cash15.6714.74128.3227.97
Price / Book1.543.451.914.55
Net Income£21.82M£56.49M£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day Performance0.31%0.63%0.97%1.80%
1 Month Performance0.95%5.20%3.26%4.52%
1 Year Performance70.67%35.46%16.51%79.93%

H&T Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HAT
H&T Group
1.4056 of 5 stars
GBX 640
+0.3%
GBX 545
-14.8%
+72.4%£278.88M£240.86M12.661,625
PFG
Vanquis Banking Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£571.19M£446.50M548.7819,300
FCH
Funding Circle
N/AGBX 124.40
-1.3%
N/A+30.1%£371.90M£27.57M-67.491,101
IPF
International Personal Finance
N/AGBX 171
flat
N/A+34.2%£371.62M£695.42M8.286,230
EQLS
Equals Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£265.55M£112.32M32.12397
VANQ
Vanquis Banking Group
0.8024 of 5 stars
GBX 98.40
-1.3%
GBX 83
-15.7%
+101.2%£249.52M£454.39M-7.981,478News Coverage
SUS
S&U
1.3651 of 5 stars
GBX 1,829.02
+1.6%
GBX 1,700
-7.1%
-6.3%£216.77M£65.05M11.52224Negative News
FFX
Fairfx Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£204.20M£26.09M77.8139,000
ASAI
ASA International Group
N/AGBX 152
-1.3%
N/A+92.5%£193.30M£6.56B0.4013,433Gap Up
PARK
Park Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£94.57M£110.39M10.57N/A
TRU
TruFin
N/AGBX 87
-1.7%
N/A+18.9%£92.19M£34.97M36.1712,200

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This page (LON:HAT) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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