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 better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.

Which has more risk & 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.

Do analysts prefer LIT or FCH?

Litigation Capital Management presently has a consensus price target of GBX 182, indicating a potential upside of 288.06%. Given Litigation Capital Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, 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	0.52	£26.20M	£5.83	8.04
Funding Circle	£27.57M	12.56	-£5.47M	-£1.84	-62.82

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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%

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 insiders. Comparatively, 35.2% of Funding Circle shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor LIT or FCH?

In the previous week, 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

Summary

Litigation Capital Management beats Funding Circle on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.