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GBX 1,785 -50.00 (-2.72%)
As of 07/4/2025

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

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

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%

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£65.05M3.25£18.35M£158.7511.24

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 insiders. Comparatively, 88.9% 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 is poised for long-term growth.

S&U has a consensus target price of GBX 1,700, indicating a potential downside of 4.76%. Given Vanquis Banking Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Vanquis Banking Group is more favorable than S&U.

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

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

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 8.4%. 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.

Summary

Vanquis Banking Group and S&U 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£211.55M£348.80M£6.11B£2.96B
Dividend Yield9.15%15.49%4.17%5.02%
P/E Ratio11.2429.3713.20147.88
Price / Sales3.2599.711,781.00258,917.23
Price / Cash230.3214.8349.7227.97
Price / Book0.933.541.914.61
Net Income£18.35M£56.71M£1.22B£5.90B
7 Day Performance-1.31%0.23%0.41%1.09%
1 Month Performance17.82%4.59%2.94%4.35%
1 Year Performance-3.51%32.30%15.58%83.41%

S&U Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SUS
S&U
N/AGBX 1,785
-2.7%
GBX 1,700
-4.8%
-3.5%£211.55M£65.05M11.24224Negative News
High Trading Volume
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
1.4069 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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