LINV vs. PAG, OSB, MAB1, HHV, FTF, SSIT, IPU, AADV, DUKE, and AATG
Should you be buying LendInvest stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LendInvest include Paragon Banking Group (PAG), OSB Group (OSB), Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB1), Hargreave Hale AIM VCT (HHV), Foresight Enterprise VCT (FTF), Seraphim Space Investment Trust (SSIT), Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller (IPU), Albion Development VCT (AADV), Duke Capital (DUKE), and Albion Technology & Gen VCT (AATG). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
LendInvest vs.
LendInvest (LON:LINV) and Paragon Banking Group (LON:PAG) 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 risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
13.5% of LendInvest shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Paragon Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 75.1% of LendInvest shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Paragon Banking Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
LendInvest has a beta of 0.2, indicating that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paragon Banking Group has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Paragon Banking Group has a consensus price target of GBX 875, indicating a potential upside of 25.45%. Given Paragon Banking Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Paragon Banking Group is more favorable than LendInvest.
Paragon Banking Group has a net margin of 42.60% compared to LendInvest's net margin of -108.06%. Paragon Banking Group's return on equity of 14.43% beat LendInvest's return on equity.
In the previous week, Paragon Banking Group had 5 more articles in the media than LendInvest. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Paragon Banking Group and 0 mentions for LendInvest. Paragon Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat LendInvest's score of 0.00 indicating that Paragon Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
LendInvest pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 21.4%. Paragon Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. LendInvest pays out -3,571.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Paragon Banking Group pays out 6,060.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. LendInvest is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Paragon Banking Group received 735 more outperform votes than LendInvest when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave LendInvest an outperform vote while only 77.84% of users gave Paragon Banking Group an outperform vote.
Paragon Banking Group has higher revenue and earnings than LendInvest. LendInvest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paragon Banking Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Paragon Banking Group beats LendInvest on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:LINV) was last updated on 1/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
