SUS vs. PFG, IPF, FCH, VANQ, HAT, EQLS, FFX, ASAI, TRU, and PARK
Should you be buying S&U stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of S&U include Vanquis Banking Group (PFG), International Personal Finance (IPF), Funding Circle (FCH), Vanquis Banking Group (VANQ), H&T Group (HAT), Equals Group (EQLS), Fairfx Group (FFX), ASA International Group (ASAI), TruFin (TRU), and Park Group (PARK). These companies are all part of the "credit services" industry.
S&U vs. Its Competitors
Vanquis Banking Group (LON:PFG) and S&U (LON:SUS) are both small-cap credit services industry companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
84.0% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.7% of S&U shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 65.5% of S&U shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
S&U has a net margin of 28.21% compared to Vanquis Banking Group's net margin of 8.73%. Vanquis Banking Group's return on equity of 17.19% beat S&U's return on equity.
S&U has a consensus target price of GBX 1,700, indicating a potential downside of 8.99%. Given Vanquis Banking Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vanquis Banking Group is more favorable than S&U.
Vanquis Banking Group has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, S&U has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Vanquis Banking Group has higher revenue and earnings than S&U. Vanquis Banking Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than S&U, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Vanquis Banking Group and Vanquis Banking Group both had 1 articles in the media. Vanquis Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat S&U's score of 0.84 indicating that Vanquis Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vanquis Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share. S&U pays an annual dividend of GBX 1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. 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. S&U pays out 78.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. S&U is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
S&U beats Vanquis Banking Group on 8 of the 15 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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This page (LON:SUS) was last updated on 9/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
