VANQ vs. PFG, IPF, FCH, HAT, EQLS, SUS, FFX, ASAI, TRU, and PARK
Should you be buying Vanquis Banking Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vanquis Banking Group include Vanquis Banking Group (PFG), International Personal Finance (IPF), Funding Circle (FCH), H&T Group (HAT), Equals Group (EQLS), S&U (SUS), Fairfx Group (FFX), ASA International Group (ASAI), TruFin (TRU), and Park Group (PARK). These companies are all part of the "credit services" industry.
Vanquis Banking Group vs. Its Competitors
Vanquis Banking Group (LON:PFG) and Vanquis Banking Group (LON:VANQ) are both small-cap credit services industry companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
84.0% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Vanquis Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share. Vanquis Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. 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. Vanquis Banking Group pays out -48.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vanquis Banking Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Vanquis Banking Group has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vanquis Banking Group has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vanquis Banking Group has a net margin of 8.73% compared to Vanquis Banking Group's net margin of -6.88%. Vanquis Banking Group's return on equity of 17.19% beat Vanquis Banking Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Vanquis Banking Group had 9 more articles in the media than Vanquis Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Vanquis Banking Group and 1 mentions for Vanquis Banking Group. Vanquis Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Vanquis Banking Group's score of 0.29 indicating that Vanquis Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vanquis Banking Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vanquis Banking Group. Vanquis Banking Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vanquis Banking Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vanquis Banking Group has a consensus price target of GBX 83, indicating a potential downside of 29.90%. Given Vanquis Banking Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vanquis Banking Group is more favorable than Vanquis Banking Group.
Summary
Vanquis Banking Group beats Vanquis Banking Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:VANQ) was last updated on 8/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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