LEND vs. ORCH, VCAP, PCF, AMGO, ZAIM, BANK, MCL, NSF, 47IE, and PKG
Should you be buying Sancus Lending Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sancus Lending Group include Orchard Funding Group (ORCH), Vector Capital (VCAP), PCF Group (PCF), Amigo (AMGO), Adalan Ventures (ZAIM), Fiinu (BANK), Morses Club (MCL), Non-Standard Finance (NSF), S&U (47IE), and Park Group (PKG). These companies are all part of the "credit services" industry.
Sancus Lending Group vs.
Orchard Funding Group (LON:ORCH) and Sancus Lending Group (LON:LEND) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and community ranking.
21.0% of Orchard Funding Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.1% of Sancus Lending Group shares are held by institutional investors. 60.2% of Orchard Funding Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 52.6% of Sancus Lending Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Orchard Funding Group has a net margin of 23.07% compared to Sancus Lending Group's net margin of -57.08%. Orchard Funding Group's return on equity of 8.55% beat Sancus Lending Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Orchard Funding Group's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Sancus Lending Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Orchard Funding Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Orchard Funding Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. Sancus Lending Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 750.0%. Orchard Funding Group pays out 4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Sancus Lending Group pays out -30,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sancus Lending Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Orchard Funding Group received 130 more outperform votes than Sancus Lending Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.01% of users gave Orchard Funding Group an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Sancus Lending Group an outperform vote.
Orchard Funding Group has a beta of -0.13, indicating that its stock price is 113% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sancus Lending Group has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Orchard Funding Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sancus Lending Group. Sancus Lending Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Orchard Funding Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Orchard Funding Group beats Sancus Lending Group on 12 of the 16 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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This page (LON:LEND) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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