Litigation Capital Management (LIT) Competitors

Funding Circle (LON:FCH) and Litigation Capital Management (LON:LIT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in FCH or LIT?

68.0% of Funding Circle shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.3% of Litigation Capital Management shares are held by institutional investors. 35.2% of Funding Circle shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.5% of Litigation Capital Management shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is FCH or LIT more profitable?

Litigation Capital Management has a net margin of 12.80% compared to Funding Circle's net margin of -17.43%. Litigation Capital Management's return on equity of 6.83% beat Funding Circle's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Funding Circle	-17.43%	-13.38%	-3.89%
Litigation Capital Management	12.80%	6.83%	8.32%

Which has more volatility & risk, FCH or LIT?

Funding Circle has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Litigation Capital Management has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FCH or LIT?

Litigation Capital Management received 1 more outperform votes than Funding Circle when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 83.33% of users gave Litigation Capital Management an outperform vote while only 64.86% of users gave Funding Circle an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Funding Circle	Outperform Votes 24 64.86%	Underperform Votes 13 35.14%
Litigation Capital Management	Outperform Votes 25 83.33%	Underperform Votes 5 16.67%

Do analysts rate FCH or LIT?

Litigation Capital Management has a consensus price target of GBX 182, suggesting a potential upside of 87.24%. Given Litigation Capital Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Litigation Capital Management is more favorable than Funding Circle.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Funding Circle	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Litigation Capital Management	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better earnings and valuation, FCH or LIT?

Litigation Capital Management has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Funding Circle. Funding Circle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Litigation Capital Management, 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
Funding Circle	£187.60M	2.18	-£33M	£1.39	94.24
Litigation Capital Management	£99.37M	1.00	£12.71M	£0.06	1,620.00

Does the media refer more to FCH or LIT?

In the previous week, Funding Circle had 1 more articles in the media than Litigation Capital Management. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Funding Circle and 0 mentions for Litigation Capital Management. Funding Circle's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Litigation Capital Management'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Funding Circle	Neutral
Litigation Capital Management	Neutral

Summary

Litigation Capital Management beats Funding Circle on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.