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GBX 1,815 +30.00 (+1.68%)
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SUS vs. PFG, FCH, IPF, HAT, EQLS, VANQ, FFX, ASAI, PARK, and TRU

Should you be buying S&U stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of S&U include Vanquis Banking Group (PFG), Funding Circle (FCH), International Personal Finance (IPF), H&T Group (HAT), Equals Group (EQLS), Vanquis Banking Group (VANQ), Fairfx Group (FFX), ASA International Group (ASAI), Park Group (PARK), and TruFin (TRU). These companies are all part of the "credit services" industry.

S&U vs. Its Competitors

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

S&U pays an annual dividend of GBX 150 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Vanquis Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share. 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. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

S&U presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,700, suggesting a potential downside of 6.34%. Given Vanquis Banking Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vanquis Banking Group is more favorable than S&U.

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

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
S&U28.21% 8.05% 4.18%
Vanquis Banking Group 8.73%17.19%4.14%

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
S&U£65.05M3.31£18.35M£158.7511.43
Vanquis Banking Group£446.50M0.00£103.50M£0.41N/A

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

Company Overall Sentiment
S&U Neutral
Vanquis Banking Group Neutral

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

3.8% of S&U shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 88.9% of S&U shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

S&U and Vanquis Banking Group tied by winning 7 of the 14 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£215.11M£382.98M£6.27B£2.96B
Dividend Yield9.15%15.49%4.17%5.02%
P/E Ratio11.4329.3713.26147.41
Price / Sales3.3196.141,770.20240,143.55
Price / Cash230.3214.7549.5627.97
Price / Book0.943.451.914.54
Net Income£18.35M£56.49M£1.24B£5.90B
7 Day Performance0.35%-0.08%0.47%1.27%
1 Month Performance19.80%4.54%3.00%4.62%
1 Year Performance-1.89%33.20%15.80%82.58%

S&U Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SUS
S&U
N/AGBX 1,815
+1.7%
GBX 1,700
-6.3%
-3.5%£215.11M£65.05M11.43224Negative News
PFG
Vanquis Banking Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£571.19M£446.50M548.7819,300
FCH
Funding Circle
N/AGBX 124.40
-1.3%
N/A+22.0%£371.90M£27.57M-67.491,101
IPF
International Personal Finance
N/AGBX 171
flat
N/A+34.6%£371.62M£695.42M8.286,230
HAT
H&T Group
1.4108 of 5 stars
GBX 638
-0.3%
GBX 545
-14.6%
+71.0%£278.01M£240.86M12.621,625High Trading Volume
EQLS
Equals Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£265.55M£112.32M32.12397
VANQ
Vanquis Banking Group
N/AGBX 98.40
-1.3%
GBX 83
-15.7%
+98.6%£249.52M£454.39M-7.981,478
FFX
Fairfx Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£204.20M£26.09M77.8139,000
ASAI
ASA International Group
N/AGBX 152
-1.3%
N/A+90.5%£193.30M£6.56B0.4013,433
PARK
Park Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£94.57M£110.39M10.57N/A
TRU
TruFin
N/AGBX 87
-1.7%
N/A+16.4%£92.19M£34.97M36.1712,200

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This page (LON:SUS) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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