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Helical (HLCL) Competitors

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GBX 199 -2.50 (-1.24%)
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HLCL vs. MTVW, TPFG, LOK, LSL, UAI, FOXT, PSDL, BLV, PNS, and DCI

Should you be buying Helical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Helical include Mountview Estates (MTVW), The Property Franchise Group (TPFG), Lok'nStore Group (LOK), LSL Property Services (LSL), U and I Group (UAI), Foxtons Group (FOXT), Phoenix Spree Deutschland (PSDL), Belvoir Group (BLV), Panther Securities (PNS), and DCI Advisors (DCI). These companies are all part of the "real estate services" industry.

Helical vs. Its Competitors

Helical (LON:HLCL) and Mountview Estates (LON:MTVW) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, risk and profitability.

In the previous week, Mountview Estates had 4 more articles in the media than Helical. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Mountview Estates and 0 mentions for Helical. Mountview Estates' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Helical's score of 0.00 indicating that Mountview Estates is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Helical Neutral
Mountview Estates Positive

Helical has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mountview Estates has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

63.0% of Helical shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.1% of Mountview Estates shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.5% of Helical shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 28.8% of Mountview Estates shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Helical has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mountview Estates. Helical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mountview Estates, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Helical£31.96M7.61£26.04M£0.23876.65
Mountview Estates£72.13M5.46£17.02M£6.031,676.35

Helical currently has a consensus target price of GBX 275, suggesting a potential upside of 38.19%. Given Helical's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Helical is more favorable than Mountview Estates.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Helical
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Mountview Estates
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Helical has a net margin of 65.10% compared to Mountview Estates' net margin of 21.89%. Helical's return on equity of 5.77% beat Mountview Estates' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Helical65.10% 5.77% 1.01%
Mountview Estates 21.89%4.37%5.55%

Helical pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Mountview Estates pays an annual dividend of GBX 5.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Helical pays out 14.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mountview Estates pays out 87.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Helical beats Mountview Estates on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HLCL vs. The Competition

MetricHelicalReal Estate Services IndustryReal Estate SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£243.18M£1.74B£1.72B£2.61B
Dividend Yield2.38%5.20%6.74%5.28%
P/E Ratio876.65381.35277.634,440.52
Price / Sales7.61341.14525.93100,568.44
Price / Cash7.4819.4866.7927.90
Price / Book0.612.281.348.88
Net Income£26.04M-£411.39M-£120.13M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-4.56%0.18%-0.33%0.81%
1 Month Performance-5.24%-1.19%-0.43%5.86%
1 Year Performance-7.44%-1.37%-0.20%154.98%

Helical Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HLCL
Helical
N/AGBX 199
-1.2%
GBX 275
+38.2%
-6.7%£243.18M£31.96M876.6527
MTVW
Mountview Estates
N/A£102
+4.1%
N/A+10.5%£397.70M£72.13M1,692.9529Positive News
Dividend Cut
Gap Up
TPFG
The Property Franchise Group
1.2861 of 5 stars
GBX 586
flat
GBX 641
+9.4%
+35.8%£373.59M£67.31M3,329.55176
LOK
Lok'nStore Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£356.58M£27.73M8,500.00193
LSL
LSL Property Services
3.4179 of 5 stars
GBX 260.18
-0.3%
GBX 370.50
+42.4%
-16.0%£265.03M£177.45M1,548.701,724
UAI
U and I Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£186.27M£45.79M-2.1296
FOXT
Foxtons Group
3.1127 of 5 stars
GBX 54.80
-1.4%
GBX 78
+42.3%
N/A£163.95M£171.48M1,096.001,354
PSDL
Phoenix Spree Deutschland
N/AGBX 162.50
-1.5%
N/A-9.7%£149.08M-£19.85M-386.90N/A
BLV
Belvoir Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£104.04M£34.24M1,395.00218High Trading Volume
PNS
Panther Securities
N/AGBX 309.10
+4.8%
N/A+1.6%£53.64M£15.05M804.9518Positive News
Gap Up
DCI
DCI Advisors
N/AGBX 5.20
-2.3%
N/A+7.3%£47.04M-£12.81M-2,600.0014,000Gap Down
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:HLCL) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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