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GBX 222.50 +2.00 (+0.91%)
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HLCL vs. GWI, MTVW, LOK, LSL, TPFG, UAI, PSDL, FOXT, BLV, and PNS

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

Helical vs.

Globalworth Real Estate Investments (LON:GWI) and Helical (LON:HLCL) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Helical has a net margin of 65.10% compared to Globalworth Real Estate Investments' net margin of -40.58%. Helical's return on equity of 5.77% beat Globalworth Real Estate Investments' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Globalworth Real Estate Investments-40.58% -6.02% 2.24%
Helical 65.10%5.77%1.01%

Helical has a consensus price target of GBX 275, suggesting a potential upside of 23.60%. Given Helical's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Helical is more favorable than Globalworth Real Estate Investments.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Globalworth Real Estate Investments
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Helical
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Globalworth Real Estate Investments£24.94B0.03-£10.12B-£0.36-6.66
Helical£40.00M6.83£26.04M£21.2210.49

Globalworth Real Estate Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 867.8%. Helical pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Globalworth Real Estate Investments pays out -5,782.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Helical pays out 23.6% 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. Globalworth Real Estate Investments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Helical received 270 more outperform votes than Globalworth Real Estate Investments when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.89% of users gave Globalworth Real Estate Investments an outperform vote while only 71.81% of users gave Helical an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Globalworth Real Estate InvestmentsOutperform Votes
107
75.89%
Underperform Votes
34
24.11%
HelicalOutperform Votes
377
71.81%
Underperform Votes
148
28.19%

5.0% of Globalworth Real Estate Investments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.3% of Helical shares are held by institutional investors. 85.6% of Globalworth Real Estate Investments shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.2% of Helical shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Globalworth Real Estate Investments has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helical has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Globalworth Real Estate Investments had 1 more articles in the media than Helical. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Globalworth Real Estate Investments and 0 mentions for Helical. Helical's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Globalworth Real Estate Investments' score of 0.07 indicating that Helical is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Globalworth Real Estate Investments Neutral
Helical Positive

Summary

Helical beats Globalworth Real Estate Investments on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HLCL vs. The Competition

MetricHelicalReal Estate Services IndustryReal Estate SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£273.08M£1.56B£1.58B£2.59B
Dividend Yield1.75%5.01%6.67%4.97%
P/E Ratio10.4920.719.81133.69
Price / Sales6.83226.711,381.87239,757.82
Price / Cash7.4819.4867.0628.12
Price / Book0.682.001.234.55
Net Income£26.04M-£411.39M-£115.81M£5.84B
7 Day Performance3.97%1.10%3.04%3.43%
1 Month Performance15.76%1.87%3.25%10.59%
1 Year Performance3.97%9.07%7.43%117.06%

Helical Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HLCL
Helical
3.5963 of 5 stars
GBX 222.50
+0.9%
GBX 275
+23.6%
+5.8%£273.08M£40.00M10.4927Positive News
GWI
Globalworth Real Estate Investments
N/AGBX 2.40
-2.0%
N/A-0.4%£668.82M£24.94B-6.61250Gap Down
MTVW
Mountview Estates
N/AGBX 9,500
+2.4%
N/A-3.1%£362.29M£77.73M20.8229Dividend Cut
Negative News
LOK
Lok'nStore Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£356.58M£27.73M8,500.00193
LSL
LSL Property Services
N/AGBX 275
+0.4%
N/A-4.3%£282.97M£159.03M26.571,724News Coverage
Positive News
TPFG
The Property Franchise Group
2.2268 of 5 stars
GBX 415.60
+0.5%
GBX 591
+42.2%
+13.8%£264.33M£81.03M17.17176
UAI
U and I Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£186.27M£45.79M-2.1296
PSDL
Phoenix Spree Deutschland
N/AGBX 160.50
-0.6%
N/A+22.0%£175.39M£33.09M-2.47N/A
FOXT
Foxtons Group
N/AGBX 57.30
-0.5%
N/A+1.0%£174.63M£156.07M23.941,354High Trading Volume
BLV
Belvoir Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£104.04M£34.24M1,395.00218High Trading Volume
PNS
Panther Securities
N/AGBX 283.11
-5.6%
N/AN/A£49.17M£15.54M68.1718Positive News
Gap Down

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This page (LON:HLCL) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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