TIME vs. HAT, SUS, VANQ, LIT, ASAI, PARK, TRU, APP, DFCH, and UEX
Should you be buying Time Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Time Finance include H&T Group (HAT), S&U (SUS), Vanquis Banking Group (VANQ), Litigation Capital Management (LIT), ASA International Group (ASAI), Park Group (PARK), TruFin (TRU), Appreciate Group (APP), Distribution Finance Capital (DFCH), and Urban Exposure (UEX). These companies are all part of the "credit services" industry.
Time Finance vs.
H&T Group (LON:HAT) and Time Finance (LON:TIME) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends and earnings.
H&T Group has higher revenue and earnings than Time Finance. H&T Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Time Finance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Time Finance has a net margin of 13.43% compared to H&T Group's net margin of 9.06%. H&T Group's return on equity of 12.14% beat Time Finance's return on equity.
H&T Group has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Time Finance has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
H&T Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 545, suggesting a potential upside of 41.56%. Given H&T Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe H&T Group is more favorable than Time Finance.
H&T Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Time Finance pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. H&T Group pays out 35.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Time Finance pays out 20.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
46.6% of H&T Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.1% of Time Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.3% of H&T Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.7% of Time Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Time Finance had 1 more articles in the media than H&T Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Time Finance and 1 mentions for H&T Group. Time Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat H&T Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Time Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
H&T Group received 153 more outperform votes than Time Finance when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
H&T Group beats Time Finance on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:TIME) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
