SUS vs. PFG, FCH, IPF, HAT, EQLS, VANQ, FFX, ASAI, PARK, and TRU
Should you be buying S&U stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of S&U include Vanquis Banking Group (PFG), Funding Circle (FCH), International Personal Finance (IPF), H&T Group (HAT), Equals Group (EQLS), Vanquis Banking Group (VANQ), Fairfx Group (FFX), ASA International Group (ASAI), Park Group (PARK), and TruFin (TRU). These companies are all part of the "credit services" industry.
S&U vs. Its Competitors
Vanquis Banking Group (LON:PFG) and S&U (LON:SUS) are both small-cap credit services industry companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
S&U has a net margin of 28.21% compared to Vanquis Banking Group's net margin of 8.73%. Vanquis Banking Group's return on equity of 17.19% beat S&U's return on equity.
84.0% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.8% of S&U shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Vanquis Banking Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 88.9% of S&U shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
S&U has a consensus target price of GBX 1,700, suggesting a potential downside of 1.73%. Given Vanquis Banking Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Vanquis Banking Group is more favorable than S&U.
Vanquis Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share. S&U pays an annual dividend of GBX 150 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Vanquis Banking Group pays out 4,146.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. S&U pays out 94.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. S&U is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Vanquis Banking Group has higher revenue and earnings than S&U. Vanquis Banking Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than S&U, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Vanquis Banking Group had 1 more articles in the media than S&U. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Vanquis Banking Group and 0 mentions for S&U. Vanquis Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled S&U'saverage media sentiment score.
Vanquis Banking Group has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, S&U has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Vanquis Banking Group beats S&U on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:SUS) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
