Sancus Lending Group (LEND) Competitors

Sancus Lending Group (LON:LEND) and Orchard Funding Group (LON:ORCH) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.

Which has more risk and volatility, LEND or ORCH?

Sancus Lending Group has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orchard Funding Group has a beta of -0.13, suggesting that its share price is 113% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LEND or ORCH a better dividend stock?

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 11.8%. 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.

Which has better valuation & earnings, LEND or ORCH?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sancus Lending Group	£11.33M	0.26	-£6.47M	-£0.01	-50.00
Orchard Funding Group	£6.56M	0.83	£1.51M	£0.07	364.29

Does the media prefer LEND or ORCH?

In the previous week, Orchard Funding Group's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Sancus Lending Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Orchard Funding Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Sancus Lending Group	Neutral
Orchard Funding Group	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LEND or ORCH?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sancus Lending Group	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 1 100.00%
Orchard Funding Group	Outperform Votes 130 67.01%	Underperform Votes 64 32.99%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of LEND or ORCH?

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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is LEND or ORCH more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sancus Lending Group	-57.08%	-1,088.89%	-5.62%
Orchard Funding Group	23.07%	8.55%	2.57%

Summary

Orchard Funding Group beats Sancus Lending Group on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.