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H&T Group (HAT) Competitors

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GBX 648 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 08/1/2025 11:50 AM Eastern

HAT vs. PFG, FCH, IPF, EQLS, VANQ, FFX, SUS, ASAI, TRU, and PARK

Should you be buying H&T Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of H&T Group include Vanquis Banking Group (PFG), Funding Circle (FCH), International Personal Finance (IPF), Equals Group (EQLS), Vanquis Banking Group (VANQ), Fairfx Group (FFX), S&U (SUS), ASA International Group (ASAI), TruFin (TRU), and Park Group (PARK). These companies are all part of the "credit services" industry.

H&T Group vs. Its Competitors

H&T Group (LON:HAT) and Vanquis Banking Group (LON:PFG) 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 dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and risk.

H&T Group has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vanquis Banking Group has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

H&T Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Vanquis Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share. H&T Group pays out 35.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. H&T Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, H&T Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Vanquis Banking Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
H&T Group Neutral
Vanquis Banking Group Neutral

Vanquis Banking Group has higher revenue and earnings than H&T Group. Vanquis Banking Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than H&T Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
H&T Group£240.86M1.17£21.82M£50.5412.82
Vanquis Banking Group£446.50M0.00£103.50M£0.41N/A

H&T Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 545, suggesting a potential downside of 15.90%. Given Vanquis Banking Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vanquis Banking Group is more favorable than H&T Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
H&T Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Vanquis Banking Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

46.6% of H&T Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are held by institutional investors. 10.3% of H&T Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

H&T Group has a net margin of 9.06% compared to Vanquis Banking Group's net margin of 8.73%. Vanquis Banking Group's return on equity of 17.19% beat H&T Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
H&T Group9.06% 12.14% 9.07%
Vanquis Banking Group 8.73%17.19%4.14%

Summary

H&T Group beats Vanquis Banking Group on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HAT vs. The Competition

MetricH&T GroupCredit Services IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£282.37M£386.86M£6.31B£3.03B
Dividend Yield5.32%15.49%4.19%5.02%
P/E Ratio12.8231.0414.04176.75
Price / Sales1.1795.541,848.52264,362.45
Price / Cash15.6714.43127.5327.97
Price / Book1.563.382.244.53
Net Income£21.82M£53.80M£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day Performance0.62%201.07%6.06%12.58%
1 Month Performance1.57%0.50%1.81%6.10%
1 Year Performance65.73%31.29%19.31%71.60%

H&T Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HAT
H&T Group
N/AGBX 648
flat
GBX 545
-15.9%
+62.8%£282.37M£240.86M12.821,625
PFG
Vanquis Banking Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£571.19M£446.50M548.7819,300
FCH
Funding Circle
N/AGBX 140.02
+1.2%
N/A+18.4%£418.60M£27.57M-75.961,101News Coverage
Positive News
IPF
International Personal Finance
N/AGBX 181.40
+0.1%
N/A+40.9%£394.23M£695.42M8.796,230Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
EQLS
Equals Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£265.55M£112.32M32.12397
VANQ
Vanquis Banking Group
1.288 of 5 stars
GBX 100.64
+1.0%
GBX 83
-17.5%
+71.5%£255.20M£454.39M-8.161,478News Coverage
Positive News
FFX
Fairfx Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£204.20M£26.09M77.8139,000
SUS
S&U
N/AGBX 1,665
+0.3%
GBX 1,700
+2.1%
-6.9%£197.33M£65.05M10.49224
ASAI
ASA International Group
N/AGBX 129
-3.0%
N/A+44.8%£164.05M£6.56B0.3413,433Gap Down
TRU
TruFin
N/AGBX 103
+1.5%
N/A+93.9%£109.14M£34.97M42.8212,200
PARK
Park Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£94.57M£110.39M10.57N/A

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This page (LON:HAT) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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