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SUS vs. PFG, IPF, FCH, HAT, EQLS, VANQ, FFX, ASAI, LIT, 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), H&T Group (HAT), Equals Group (EQLS), Vanquis Banking Group (VANQ), Fairfx Group (FFX), ASA International Group (ASAI), Litigation Capital Management (LIT), and Park Group (PARK). These companies are all part of the "credit services" industry.

S&U vs.

Vanquis Banking Group (LON:PFG) and S&U (LON:SUS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Vanquis Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share. S&U pays an annual dividend of GBX 150 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.9%. 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 94.5% 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.

Vanquis Banking Group has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, S&U has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Vanquis Banking Group received 239 more outperform votes than S&U when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.64% of users gave S&U an outperform vote while only 60.52% of users gave Vanquis Banking Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Vanquis Banking GroupOutperform Votes
489
60.52%
Underperform Votes
319
39.48%
S&UOutperform Votes
250
69.64%
Underperform Votes
109
30.36%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vanquis Banking Group£446.50M0.00£103.50M£0.41N/A
S&U£65.05M2.76£18.35M£158.759.54

S&U has a consensus price target of GBX 1,700, suggesting a potential upside of 12.21%. Given S&U's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe S&U is more favorable than Vanquis Banking Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Vanquis Banking Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
S&U
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, Vanquis Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled S&U'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Vanquis Banking Group Neutral
S&U Neutral

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vanquis Banking Group8.73% 17.19% 4.14%
S&U 28.21%8.05%4.18%

84.0% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.8% of S&U shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 88.9% of S&U shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

S&U beats Vanquis Banking Group on 9 of the 16 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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SUS vs. The Competition

MetricS&UCredit Services IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£179.55M£287.32M£5.26B£2.60B
Dividend Yield9.15%7.69%4.18%5.05%
P/E Ratio9.5421.6012.71133.06
Price / Sales2.7692.131,693.57223,900.51
Price / Cash230.3215.3349.6228.05
Price / Book0.793.381.343.73
Net Income£18.35M£56.71M£1.22B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-3.19%-3.10%-0.26%-0.22%
1 Month Performance-0.33%4.20%10.10%20.73%
1 Year Performance-25.00%20.78%13.25%35.20%

S&U Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SUS
S&U
N/AGBX 1,515
flat
GBX 1,700
+12.2%
-24.5%£179.55M£65.05M9.54224Gap Down
PFG
Vanquis Banking Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£571.19M£446.50M548.7819,300
IPF
International Personal Finance
N/AGBX 154.43
-1.0%
N/A+37.9%£335.62M£695.42M7.486,230
FCH
Funding Circle
N/AGBX 111.60
-1.8%
N/A+38.6%£333.64M£27.57M-60.541,101Positive News
Gap Down
HAT
H&T Group
1.1687 of 5 stars
GBX 646
-0.3%
GBX 545
-15.6%
+65.5%£281.49M£240.86M12.781,625News Coverage
Gap Up
EQLS
Equals Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£265.55M£112.32M32.12397
VANQ
Vanquis Banking Group
1.0922 of 5 stars
GBX 82.30
-1.9%
GBX 83
+0.9%
+33.2%£208.69M£454.39M-6.681,478
FFX
Fairfx Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£204.20M£26.09M77.8139,000
ASAI
ASA International Group
N/AGBX 158
-1.3%
N/A+138.8%£200.93M£6.56B0.4213,433Gap Up
LIT
Litigation Capital Management
2.3138 of 5 stars
GBX 49.20
-1.6%
GBX 182
+269.9%
-58.0%£111.48M£204.77M8.44N/A
PARK
Park Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£94.57M£110.39M10.57N/A

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This page (LON:SUS) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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