HLCL vs. TPFG, LSL, FOXT, LOK, MTVW, PSDL, GR1T, BOOT, SOHO, and NRR
Should you be buying Helical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Helical include The Property Franchise Group (TPFG), LSL Property Services (LSL), Foxtons Group (FOXT), Lok'nStore Group (LOK), Mountview Estates (MTVW), Phoenix Spree Deutschland (PSDL), Grit Real Estate Income Group (GR1T), Henry Boot (BOOT), Triple Point Social Housing REIT (SOHO), and NewRiver REIT (NRR). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Helical (LON:HLCL) and The Property Franchise Group (LON:TPFG) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, Helical's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled The Property Franchise Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Helical pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. The Property Franchise Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Helical pays out -839.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Property Franchise Group pays out 5,454.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Helical is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
The Property Franchise Group has a net margin of 27.11% compared to Helical's net margin of 0.00%. The Property Franchise Group's return on equity of 18.90% beat Helical's return on equity.
The Property Franchise Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Helical. Helical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Property Franchise Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Helical received 197 more outperform votes than The Property Franchise Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.65% of users gave Helical an outperform vote while only 68.08% of users gave The Property Franchise Group an outperform vote.
Helical currently has a consensus target price of GBX 351.50, suggesting a potential upside of 49.57%. The Property Franchise Group has a consensus target price of GBX 459.50, suggesting a potential upside of 16.33%. Given Helical's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Helical is more favorable than The Property Franchise Group.
Helical has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Property Franchise Group has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
71.7% of Helical shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of The Property Franchise Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.3% of Helical shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of The Property Franchise Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Helical and The Property Franchise Group tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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