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Funding Circle (FCH) Competitors

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GBX 131.50 +6.00 (+4.78%)
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FCH vs. PFG, IPF, EQLS, FFX, SUS, HAT, LIT, VANQ, PARK, and APP

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), H&T Group (HAT), Litigation Capital Management (LIT), Vanquis Banking Group (VANQ), Park Group (PARK), and Appreciate Group (APP). These companies are all part of the "credit services" industry.

Funding Circle vs.

Funding Circle (LON:FCH) and Vanquis Banking Group (LON:PFG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Funding Circle£187.60M2.19-£33M£1.3994.60
Vanquis Banking Group£446.50M1.28£103.50M£0.41548.78

Funding Circle has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vanquis Banking Group has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

68.0% of Funding Circle shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.2% of Funding Circle shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Vanquis Banking Group has a net margin of 8.73% compared to Funding Circle's net margin of -17.43%. Vanquis Banking Group's return on equity of 17.19% beat Funding Circle's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Funding Circle-17.43% -13.38% -3.89%
Vanquis Banking Group 8.73%17.19%4.14%

In the previous week, Funding Circle had 1 more articles in the media than Vanquis Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Funding Circle and 0 mentions for Vanquis Banking Group. Funding Circle's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Vanquis Banking Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Funding Circle is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Funding Circle Positive
Vanquis Banking Group Neutral

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Funding CircleOutperform Votes
24
64.86%
Underperform Votes
13
35.14%
Vanquis Banking GroupOutperform Votes
489
60.52%
Underperform Votes
319
39.48%

Summary

Vanquis Banking Group beats Funding Circle on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FCH vs. The Competition

MetricFunding CircleCredit Services IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£411.41M£259.72M£3.30B£1.39B
Dividend YieldN/A15.50%4.59%11.86%
P/E Ratio94.60301.21441.761,573.12
Price / Sales2.19126.912,802.58212,245.03
Price / Cash0.6811.9248.3133.11
Price / Book1.992.681.442.79
Net Income-£33M£19.70M£399.89M£154.04M
7 Day Performance1.94%-0.36%0.08%-0.59%
1 Month Performance-8.36%165.83%7.30%7.21%
1 Year Performance241.56%73.68%15.62%94.65%

Funding Circle Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FCH
Funding Circle
N/AGBX 131.50
+4.8%
N/A+221.8%£411.41M£187.60M94.601,101Positive News
PFG
Vanquis Banking Group
N/AGBX 225
flat
N/AN/A£571.19M£446.50M548.7819,300
IPF
International Personal Finance
N/AGBX 133.50
+0.8%
N/A+11.8%£291.22M£759.50M659.486,230
EQLS
Equals Group
N/AGBX 118
-1.7%
N/A+3.4%£222.47M£110.63M3,000.00397News Coverage
High Trading Volume
FFX
Fairfx Group
N/AGBX 124.50
+1.2%
N/A+0.0%£204.20M£26.09M77.8139,000
SUS
S&U
1.9359 of 5 stars
GBX 1,320
+4.3%
GBX 2,100
+59.1%
-42.4%£160.38M£66.69M816.13224High Trading Volume
HAT
H&T Group
2.6145 of 5 stars
GBX 348
-2.0%
GBX 531
+52.6%
-23.8%£150.93M£234.59M710.001,625
LIT
Litigation Capital Management
N/AGBX 115
+0.9%
N/A+11.9%£117.93M£99.37M1,925.00N/A
VANQ
Vanquis Banking Group
N/AGBX 39.50
+0.5%
GBX 103
+160.8%
-64.5%£101.31M£319.90M-393.001,478
PARK
Park Group
N/AGBX 50.75
-1.0%
N/A+0.0%£94.57M£110.39M10.57N/A
APP
Appreciate Group
N/AGBX 42.20
+0.2%
N/A+0.0%£79.19M£120.97M1,406.671,710

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This page (LON:FCH) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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