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Herald (HRI) Competitors

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GBX 2,470 -5.00 (-0.20%)
As of 11:53 AM Eastern

HRI vs. WPP, FOUR, RSG, CSN, LOOK, PAY, OCN, TRMR, HUR, and ACRL

Should you be buying Herald stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Herald include WPP (WPP), 4imprint Group (FOUR), Resolute Mining (RSG), Chesnara (CSN), Lookers (LOOK), PayPoint (PAY), Ocean Wilsons (OCN), Tremor International (TRMR), Hurricane Energy (HUR), and Accrol Group (ACRL). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Herald vs. Its Competitors

WPP (LON:WPP) and Herald (LON:HRI) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.

68.3% of WPP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.1% of Herald shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of WPP shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.8% of Herald shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

WPP has higher revenue and earnings than Herald. WPP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Herald, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
WPP£14.18B0.27£203.92M£0.351,042.49
Herald£34.06M35.65£175.20M£0.683,612.17

WPP currently has a consensus target price of GBX 480, suggesting a potential upside of 33.07%. Given WPP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe WPP is more favorable than Herald.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
WPP
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Herald
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, WPP had 1 more articles in the media than Herald. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for WPP and 2 mentions for Herald. WPP's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Herald's score of 0.10 indicating that WPP is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
WPP
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Herald
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

WPP has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Herald has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Herald has a net margin of 107.72% compared to WPP's net margin of 1.37%. Herald's return on equity of 14.78% beat WPP's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
WPP1.37% 5.92% 1.53%
Herald 107.72%14.78%9.22%

Summary

WPP beats Herald on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HRI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

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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HRI vs. The Competition

MetricHeraldAsset Management IndustryFinance SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.21B£1.47B£12.77B£2.56B
Dividend Yield0.14%4.59%5.43%5.31%
P/E Ratio3,612.174,731.97243.595,395.57
Price / Sales35.651,971.4731.0597,515.32
Price / Cash18.8660.6222.2027.93
Price / Book1.021.372.339.20
Net Income£175.20M£265.04M£1.01B£5.89B
7 Day Performance2.92%0.31%0.35%0.74%
1 Month Performance4.88%1.77%3.83%3.37%
1 Year Performance18.47%8.77%540.51%190.45%

Herald Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HRI
Herald
N/AGBX 2,470
-0.2%
N/A+19.9%£1.21B£34.06M3,612.176,600News Coverage
WPP
WPP
2.473 of 5 stars
GBX 399.30
+1.2%
GBX 480
+20.2%
-49.7%£4.31B£14.18B1,154.05115,500
FOUR
4imprint Group
3.291 of 5 stars
GBX 3,328.70
-2.1%
GBX 4,320
+29.8%
-34.9%£934.80M£1.36B795.772,300News Coverage
RSG
Resolute Mining
0.8782 of 5 stars
GBX 42.60
+2.4%
GBX 46
+8.0%
+18.3%£907.25M£906.98M7,344.8340,000High Trading Volume
CSN
Chesnara
2.1353 of 5 stars
GBX 273
+0.4%
GBX 326.50
+19.6%
+1.7%£629.71M£847.40M-6,467.815,700
LOOK
Lookers
N/AN/AN/AN/A£503.22M£4.48B811.2538
PAY
PayPoint
N/AGBX 670
-0.1%
N/A+0.3%£465.57M£310.71M2,547.531,260Dividend Increase
OCN
Ocean Wilsons
N/AGBX 1,215
-0.8%
N/A-9.4%£343.72M£20.46M599.4174,200
TRMR
Tremor International
N/AN/AN/AN/A£293.13M£343.77M-1,829.09167
HUR
Hurricane Energy
N/AN/AN/AN/A£155.02M£275.50M194.755,660High Trading Volume
ACRL
Accrol Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£124.36M£221.16M-3,900.00456

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This page (LON:HRI) was last updated on 9/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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