TIME vs. VANQ, ASAI, FFX, SUS, LIT, PARK, TRU, APP, DFCH, and UEX
Should you be buying Time Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Time Finance include Vanquis Banking Group (VANQ), ASA International Group (ASAI), Fairfx Group (FFX), S&U (SUS), Litigation Capital Management (LIT), Park Group (PARK), TruFin (TRU), Appreciate Group (APP), Distribution Finance Capital (DFCH), and Urban Exposure (UEX). These companies are all part of the "credit services" industry.
Time Finance vs.
Time Finance (LON:TIME) and Vanquis Banking Group (LON:VANQ) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.
Time Finance pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Vanquis Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Time Finance pays out 20.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vanquis Banking Group pays out -48.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Vanquis Banking Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Time Finance has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vanquis Banking Group. Vanquis Banking Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Time Finance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
38.1% of Time Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.7% of Time Finance shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are owned 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.
Time Finance has a net margin of 13.43% compared to Vanquis Banking Group's net margin of -6.88%. Time Finance's return on equity of 6.84% beat Vanquis Banking Group's return on equity.
Vanquis Banking Group received 4 more outperform votes than Time Finance when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Time Finance had 2 more articles in the media than Vanquis Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Time Finance and 1 mentions for Vanquis Banking Group. Vanquis Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Time Finance's score of 0.18 indicating that Vanquis Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vanquis Banking Group has a consensus target price of GBX 83, indicating a potential upside of 0.36%. Given Vanquis Banking Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vanquis Banking Group is more favorable than Time Finance.
Time Finance has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vanquis Banking Group has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Time Finance beats Vanquis Banking Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:TIME) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
