HLMA vs. JAR, CGEO, MSI, JARB, RFX, FIH, STRL, VCBC, BASK, and RGP
Should you be buying Halma stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Halma include Jardine Matheson (JAR), Georgia Capital (CGEO), MS INTERNATIONAL (MSI), Jardine Matheson (JARB), Ramsdens (RFX), FIH group (FIH), Stirling Industries (STRL), Vertu Capital (VCBC), Baskerville Capital (BASK), and Ross Group (RGP). These companies are all part of the "conglomerates" industry.
Halma vs. Its Competitors
Halma (LON:HLMA) and Jardine Matheson (LON:JAR) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Jardine Matheson has higher revenue and earnings than Halma. Halma is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jardine Matheson, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Halma has a net margin of 13.21% compared to Jardine Matheson's net margin of 0.23%. Halma's return on equity of 15.87% beat Jardine Matheson's return on equity.
Halma currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,650, indicating a potential downside of 18.91%. Given Halma's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Halma is more favorable than Jardine Matheson.
55.6% of Halma shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.0% of Jardine Matheson shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Halma shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.4% of Jardine Matheson shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Halma pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Jardine Matheson pays an annual dividend of GBX 225 per share and has a dividend yield of 397.0%. Halma pays out 30.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jardine Matheson pays out 51,420.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Halma has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jardine Matheson has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Jardine Matheson had 3 more articles in the media than Halma. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Jardine Matheson and 2 mentions for Halma. Jardine Matheson's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Halma's score of 0.34 indicating that Jardine Matheson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Halma beats Jardine Matheson on 10 of the 17 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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This page (LON:HLMA) was last updated on 8/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
