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H&T Group (HAT) Competitors

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GBX 348 -2.00 (-0.57%)
(As of 12/20/2024 11:56 AM ET)

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

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), Fairfx Group (FFX), S&U (SUS), Vanquis Banking Group (VANQ), Litigation Capital Management (LIT), Park Group (PARK), and TruFin (TRU). These companies are all part of the "credit services" industry.

H&T Group vs.

H&T Group (LON:HAT) and Vanquis Banking Group (LON:PFG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.

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

H&T Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Vanquis Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share. H&T Group pays out 3,600.0% 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 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.

Vanquis Banking Group received 337 more outperform votes than H&T Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.52% of users gave Vanquis Banking Group an outperform vote while only 55.88% of users gave H&T Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
H&T GroupOutperform Votes
152
55.88%
Underperform Votes
120
44.12%
Vanquis Banking GroupOutperform Votes
489
60.52%
Underperform Votes
319
39.48%

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

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£234.59M0.64£21.73M£0.50696.00
Vanquis Banking Group£446.50M0.00£103.50M£0.41N/A

H&T Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 531, suggesting a potential upside of 52.59%. Given H&T Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe H&T Group is more favorable than Vanquis Banking Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
H&T Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 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

H&T Group has a net margin of 9.26% 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 Group9.26% 12.51% 9.07%
Vanquis Banking Group 8.73%17.19%4.14%

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.

Summary

H&T Group beats Vanquis Banking Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HAT vs. The Competition

MetricH&T GroupCredit Services IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£150.93M£281.77M£3.71B£1.90B
Dividend Yield4.70%7.75%4.43%5.55%
P/E Ratio696.00310.40418.741,821.81
Price / Sales0.6488.021,744.90386,342.76
Price / Cash15.6715.0152.3428.54
Price / Book0.843.071.372.78
Net Income£21.73M£27.02M£359.98M£157.16M
7 Day Performance-1.14%0.09%-1.62%-2.00%
1 Month Performance0.87%-1.19%0.23%21.23%
1 Year Performance-21.09%22.74%9.86%29.20%

H&T Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HAT
H&T Group
N/AGBX 348
-0.6%
GBX 531
+52.6%
-20.0%£150.93M£234.59M696.001,625Gap Down
PFG
Vanquis Banking Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£571.19M£446.50M548.7819,300
FCH
Funding Circle
N/AGBX 133
+3.1%
N/A+223.1%£416.10M£187.60M95.681,101
IPF
International Personal Finance
N/AGBX 129
flat
N/A+4.1%£281.40M£759.50M645.006,230News Coverage
EQLS
Equals Group
N/AGBX 134
-0.4%
N/A+7.6%£252.63M£110.63M3,350.00397High Trading Volume
FFX
Fairfx Group
N/AGBX 124.50
+1.2%
N/A+0.0%£204.20M£26.09M77.8139,000
SUS
S&U
N/AN/AGBX 2,100
+∞
-35.4%£178.61M£66.69M948.39224
VANQ
Vanquis Banking Group
3.3223 of 5 stars
N/AGBX 103
+∞
-62.4%£123.37M£319.90M-481.001,478News Coverage
LIT
Litigation Capital Management
2.0807 of 5 stars
GBX 99
-2.7%
N/A+3.5%£101.52M£99.37M1,650.00N/AAnalyst Forecast
PARK
Park Group
N/AGBX 50.75
-1.0%
N/AN/A£94.57M£110.39M10.57N/A
TRU
TruFin
N/AGBX 80
flat
N/A+45.4%£84.69M£36.48M2,666.6712,200

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This page (LON:HAT) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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