FCH vs. PFG, IPF, EQLS, FFX, SUS, VANQ, HAT, PARK, ASAI, and TRU
Should you be buying Funding Circle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Funding Circle include Vanquis Banking Group (PFG), International Personal Finance (IPF), Equals Group (EQLS), Fairfx Group (FFX), S&U (SUS), Vanquis Banking Group (VANQ), H&T Group (HAT), Park Group (PARK), ASA International Group (ASAI), and TruFin (TRU). These companies are all part of the "credit services" industry.
Funding Circle vs.
Vanquis Banking Group (LON:PFG) and Funding Circle (LON:FCH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and profitability.
84.0% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.0% of Funding Circle shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.2% of Funding Circle shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Vanquis Banking Group has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Funding Circle has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Vanquis Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Funding Circle'saverage media sentiment score.
Vanquis Banking Group received 465 more outperform votes than Funding Circle when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.86% of users gave Funding Circle an outperform vote while only 60.52% of users gave Vanquis Banking Group an outperform vote.
Vanquis Banking Group has higher revenue and earnings than Funding Circle. Funding Circle 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 net margin of 8.73% compared to Funding Circle's net margin of -19.85%. Vanquis Banking Group's return on equity of 17.19% beat Funding Circle's return on equity.
Summary
Vanquis Banking Group beats Funding Circle on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:FCH) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
