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Distribution Finance Capital (DFCH) Competitors

GBX 41.40 -0.20 (-0.48%)
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DFCH vs. EQLS, FFX, SUS, HAT, VANQ, LIT, PARK, TRU, ASAI, and APP

Should you be buying Distribution Finance Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Distribution Finance Capital include Equals Group (EQLS), Fairfx Group (FFX), S&U (SUS), H&T Group (HAT), Vanquis Banking Group (VANQ), Litigation Capital Management (LIT), Park Group (PARK), TruFin (TRU), ASA International Group (ASAI), and Appreciate Group (APP). These companies are all part of the "credit services" industry.

Distribution Finance Capital vs.

Distribution Finance Capital (LON:DFCH) and Equals Group (LON:EQLS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, risk and dividends.

Distribution Finance Capital has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equals Group has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Distribution Finance Capital has a net margin of 21.43% compared to Equals Group's net margin of 7.36%. Equals Group's return on equity of 14.79% beat Distribution Finance Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Distribution Finance Capital21.43% 7.39% 1.16%
Equals Group 7.36%14.79%8.11%

Equals Group has higher revenue and earnings than Distribution Finance Capital. Distribution Finance Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equals Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Distribution Finance Capital£35.58M2.07£7.62M£0.041,040.00
Equals Group£110.63M2.33£8.14M£0.043,425.00

72.2% of Distribution Finance Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.3% of Equals Group shares are held by institutional investors. 18.1% of Distribution Finance Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 29.9% of Equals Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Equals Group received 11 more outperform votes than Distribution Finance Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 85.71% of users gave Equals Group an outperform vote while only 79.17% of users gave Distribution Finance Capital an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Distribution Finance CapitalOutperform Votes
19
79.17%
Underperform Votes
5
20.83%
Equals GroupOutperform Votes
30
85.71%
Underperform Votes
5
14.29%

In the previous week, Equals Group had 1 more articles in the media than Distribution Finance Capital. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Equals Group and 1 mentions for Distribution Finance Capital. Distribution Finance Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Equals Group's score of 0.05 indicating that Distribution Finance Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Distribution Finance Capital
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Equals Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Equals Group beats Distribution Finance Capital on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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DFCH vs. The Competition

MetricDistribution Finance CapitalCredit Services IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£73.50M£345.69M£3.87B£2.04B
Dividend YieldN/A15.32%4.43%5.16%
P/E Ratio1,040.00329.80428.581,926.65
Price / Sales2.0766.872,647.34384,006.48
Price / Cash0.8914.6653.1729.21
Price / Book0.683.151.913.08
Net Income£7.62M£27.02M£440.86M£183.60M
7 Day Performance11.98%27.04%2.93%3.09%
1 Month Performance14.76%41.28%5.02%3.42%
1 Year Performance51.27%51.10%15.02%165.41%

Distribution Finance Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DFCH
Distribution Finance Capital
N/AGBX 41.40
-0.5%
N/A+51.3%£73.15M£35.58M1,035.00133
EQLS
Equals Group
N/AGBX 136
+0.1%
N/A+15.6%£256.40M£110.63M3,400.00397
FFX
Fairfx Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£204.20M£26.09M77.8139,000
SUS
S&U
2.1588 of 5 stars
GBX 1,405
+1.8%
GBX 2,100
+49.5%
-23.3%£170.71M£66.69M906.45224
HAT
H&T Group
2.8199 of 5 stars
GBX 345
-0.3%
GBX 531
+53.9%
-11.3%£149.63M£234.59M690.001,625News Coverage
VANQ
Vanquis Banking Group
3.5993 of 5 stars
GBX 46
+1.9%
GBX 103
+123.9%
-55.0%£117.98M£319.90M-460.001,478
LIT
Litigation Capital Management
2.0814 of 5 stars
GBX 99
flat
GBX 182
+83.8%
-1.2%£101.52M£99.37M1,650.00N/A
PARK
Park Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£94.57M£110.39M10.57N/A
TRU
TruFin
N/AGBX 82
+3.6%
N/A+74.4%£86.81M£36.48M2,733.3312,200Gap Up
ASAI
ASA International Group
N/AGBX 79.40
+4.5%
N/A+51.2%£79.40M£161.51M567.1113,433News Coverage
Gap Up
APP
Appreciate Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£79.19M£120.97M1,406.671,710

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This page (LON:DFCH) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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