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

Do analysts rate LIT or FCH?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Litigation Capital Management	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Funding Circle	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has better 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	£218.68M	0.50	£41.04M	£0.19	494.74
Funding Circle	£187.60M	2.17	-£33M	£1.39	92.81

Is LIT or FCH more profitable?

Litigation Capital Management has a net margin of 18.77% compared to Funding Circle's net margin of -17.43%. Litigation Capital Management's return on equity of 30.30% beat Funding Circle's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Litigation Capital Management	18.77%	30.30%	30.43%
Funding Circle	-17.43%	-13.38%	-3.89%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LIT or FCH?

Funding Circle received 1 more outperform votes than Litigation Capital Management when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.14% 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 23 82.14%	Underperform Votes 5 17.86%
Funding Circle	Outperform Votes 24 64.86%	Underperform Votes 13 35.14%

Which has more volatility and risk, LIT or FCH?

Litigation Capital Management has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Funding Circle has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in LIT or FCH?

20.0% of Litigation Capital Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.5% of Funding Circle shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.4% of Litigation Capital Management shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.6% of Funding Circle shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor LIT or FCH?

In the previous week, Litigation Capital Management had 3 more articles in the media than Funding Circle. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Litigation Capital Management and 2 mentions for Funding Circle. Funding Circle's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat Litigation Capital Management's score of -0.32 indicating that Funding Circle is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Litigation Capital Management	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Funding Circle	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Litigation Capital Management beats Funding Circle on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.