Litigation Capital Management (LIT) Competitors

Litigation Capital Management (LON:LIT) and Funding Circle (LON:FCH) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has better earnings and valuation, LIT or FCH?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Litigation Capital Management	£204.77M	0.50	£26.20M	£5.83	7.80
Funding Circle	£27.57M	12.43	-£5.47M	-£1.84	-62.22

Do analysts recommend LIT or FCH?

Litigation Capital Management presently has a consensus price target of GBX 182, suggesting a potential upside of 300.00%. Given Litigation Capital Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Litigation Capital Management is more favorable than Funding Circle.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Litigation Capital Management	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Funding Circle	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer LIT or FCH?

In the previous week, Funding Circle had 2 more articles in the media than Litigation Capital Management. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Funding Circle and 0 mentions for Litigation Capital Management. Litigation Capital Management's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Funding Circle'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Litigation Capital Management	Neutral
Funding Circle	Neutral

Is LIT or FCH more profitable?

Litigation Capital Management has a net margin of 12.80% compared to Funding Circle's net margin of -19.85%. Litigation Capital Management's return on equity of 6.79% beat Funding Circle's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Litigation Capital Management	12.80%	6.79%	8.32%
Funding Circle	-19.85%	-13.75%	-3.89%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in LIT or FCH?

23.3% of Litigation Capital Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.0% of Funding Circle shares are held by institutional investors. 19.5% of Litigation Capital Management 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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LIT or FCH?

Litigation Capital Management received 2 more outperform votes than Funding Circle when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 83.87% of users gave Litigation Capital Management an outperform vote while only 64.86% of users gave Funding Circle an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Litigation Capital Management	Outperform Votes 26 83.87%	Underperform Votes 5 16.13%
Funding Circle	Outperform Votes 24 64.86%	Underperform Votes 13 35.14%

Which has more risk and volatility, LIT or FCH?

Litigation Capital Management has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its share price is 69% less 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.

Summary

Litigation Capital Management beats Funding Circle on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.