HAT vs. PFG, IPF, FCH, EQLS, FFX, SUS, VANQ, LIT, ASAI, 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), International Personal Finance (IPF), Funding Circle (FCH), Equals Group (EQLS), Fairfx Group (FFX), S&U (SUS), Vanquis Banking Group (VANQ), Litigation Capital Management (LIT), ASA International Group (ASAI), and Park Group (PARK). 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 better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and risk.
H&T Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. 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.
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.
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.
Vanquis Banking Group received 336 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 55.84% of users gave H&T Group an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, H&T Group had 13 more articles in the media than Vanquis Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for H&T Group and 0 mentions for Vanquis Banking Group. H&T Group's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Vanquis Banking Group's score of 0.00 indicating that H&T Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
46.6% of H&T Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.3% of H&T Group 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
H&T Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 545, indicating a potential upside of 37.66%. Given H&T Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe H&T Group is more favorable than Vanquis Banking Group.
Summary
H&T Group beats Vanquis Banking Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HAT) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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