ORCH vs. TIME, UEX, FFI, TSL, BANK, GLIF, VCAP, PCF, LEND, and ZAIM
Should you be buying Orchard Funding Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Orchard Funding Group include Time Finance (TIME), Urban Exposure (UEX), FFI (FFI), ThinkSmart (TSL), Fiinu (BANK), GLI Finance (GLIF), Vector Capital (VCAP), PCF Group (PCF), Sancus Lending Group (LEND), and Adalan Ventures (ZAIM). These companies are all part of the "credit services" industry.
Orchard Funding Group vs. Its Competitors
Orchard Funding Group (LON:ORCH) and Time Finance (LON:TIME) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, earnings and profitability.
Orchard Funding Group has a net margin of 23.07% compared to Time Finance's net margin of 13.43%. Orchard Funding Group's return on equity of 8.62% beat Time Finance's return on equity.
21.0% of Orchard Funding Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.1% of Time Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 60.2% of Orchard Funding Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.7% of Time Finance shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Time Finance has higher revenue and earnings than Orchard Funding Group. Time Finance 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.
In the previous week, Time Finance had 6 more articles in the media than Orchard Funding Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Time Finance and 0 mentions for Orchard Funding Group. Time Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat Orchard Funding Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Time Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Orchard Funding Group has a beta of -0.13, suggesting that its stock price is 113% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Time Finance has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Orchard Funding Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Time Finance pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. 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. Time Finance pays out 20.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Time Finance beats Orchard Funding Group on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:ORCH) was last updated on 8/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
