LIT vs. VANQ, SUS, FFX, ASAI, PARK, TRU, APP, DFCH, TIME, and UEX
Should you be buying Litigation Capital Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Litigation Capital Management include Vanquis Banking Group (VANQ), S&U (SUS), Fairfx Group (FFX), ASA International Group (ASAI), Park Group (PARK), TruFin (TRU), Appreciate Group (APP), Distribution Finance Capital (DFCH), Time Finance (TIME), and Urban Exposure (UEX). These companies are all part of the "credit services" industry.
Litigation Capital Management vs. Its Competitors
Litigation Capital Management (LON:LIT) and Vanquis Banking Group (LON:VANQ) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.
Litigation Capital Management pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Vanquis Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Litigation Capital Management pays out 17.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vanquis Banking Group pays out -48.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Vanquis Banking Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Litigation Capital Management has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vanquis Banking Group has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Litigation Capital Management presently has a consensus target price of GBX 182, suggesting a potential upside of 633.87%. Vanquis Banking Group has a consensus target price of GBX 83, suggesting a potential downside of 16.16%. Given Litigation Capital Management's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Litigation Capital Management is more favorable than Vanquis Banking Group.
In the previous week, Litigation Capital Management had 4 more articles in the media than Vanquis Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Litigation Capital Management and 0 mentions for Vanquis Banking Group. Vanquis Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Litigation Capital Management's score of -0.22 indicating that Vanquis Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Litigation Capital Management has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vanquis Banking Group. Vanquis Banking Group 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.
23.3% of Litigation Capital Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are held by institutional investors. 19.5% of Litigation Capital Management shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Litigation Capital Management has a net margin of 12.80% compared to Vanquis Banking Group's net margin of -6.88%. Litigation Capital Management's return on equity of 6.79% beat Vanquis Banking Group's return on equity.
Summary
Litigation Capital Management beats Vanquis Banking Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:LIT) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
