LEND vs. ORCH, 47IE, VCAP, PCF, ZAIM, AMGO, MCL, NSF, PKG, and PFG
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), S&U (47IE), Vector Capital (VCAP), PCF Group (PCF), Adalan Ventures (ZAIM), Amigo (AMGO), Morses Club (MCL), Non-Standard Finance (NSF), Park Group (PKG), and Vanquis Banking Group (PFG). These companies are all part of the "credit services" industry.
Sancus Lending Group vs.
Sancus Lending Group (LON:LEND) and Orchard Funding Group (LON:ORCH) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Sancus Lending Group has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orchard Funding Group has a beta of -0.13, indicating that its share price is 113% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sancus Lending Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 600.0%. Orchard Funding Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Sancus Lending Group pays out -30,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Sancus Lending Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Orchard Funding Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Orchard Funding Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
17.1% of Sancus Lending Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.0% of Orchard Funding Group shares are held by institutional investors. 52.6% of Sancus Lending Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 60.2% of Orchard Funding 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 8.62% beat Sancus Lending Group's return on equity.
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.
Summary
Orchard Funding Group beats Sancus Lending Group on 9 of the 13 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 4/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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