Do analysts prefer HRI or WPP?

WPP has a consensus target price of GBX 350, indicating a potential upside of 25.09%. Given WPP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe WPP is more favorable than Herald. Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Herald 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 WPP 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.33

Which has higher earnings and valuation, HRI or WPP?

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. Company Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio Herald £101.21M 14.90 £175.20M £199.01 15.83 WPP £13.55B 0.22 £203.92M -£20.00 N/A

Is HRI or WPP more profitable?

Herald has a net margin of 86.00% compared to WPP's net margin of -1.59%. Herald's return on equity of 7.67% beat WPP's return on equity. Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Herald 86.00% 7.67% 9.22% WPP -1.59% -7.54% 1.53%

Do analysts recommend RSG or HRI?

Resolute Mining presently has a consensus target price of GBX 283.33, indicating a potential upside of 481.20%. Given Resolute Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Resolute Mining is more favorable than Herald. Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Resolute Mining 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Herald 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00

Which has higher valuation and earnings, RSG or HRI?

Herald has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Resolute Mining. Resolute Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Herald, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. Company Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio Resolute Mining £865.60M 1.20 £15.35M £5.99 8.14 Herald £101.21M 14.90 £175.20M £199.01 15.83

Do analysts rate HRI or FOUR?

4imprint Group has a consensus price target of GBX 4,621.33, suggesting a potential upside of 25.01%. Given 4imprint Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe 4imprint Group is more favorable than Herald. Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Herald 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 4imprint Group 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67

Which has higher earnings & valuation, HRI or FOUR?

Herald has higher earnings, but lower revenue than 4imprint Group. 4imprint Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Herald, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. Company Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio Herald £101.21M 14.90 £175.20M £199.01 15.83 4imprint Group £1.35B 0.77 £139.98M £403.30 9.17

Is HRI or FOUR more profitable?

Herald has a net margin of 86.00% compared to 4imprint Group's net margin of 8.43%. 4imprint Group's return on equity of 78.01% beat Herald's return on equity. Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Herald 86.00% 7.67% 9.22% 4imprint Group 8.43% 78.01% 35.62%

Do analysts rate HRI or CSN?

Chesnara has a consensus price target of GBX 349.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.74%. Given Chesnara's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Chesnara is more favorable than Herald. Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Herald 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Chesnara 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00

Which has higher valuation and earnings, HRI or CSN?

Herald has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Chesnara. Chesnara is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Herald, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. Company Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio Herald £101.21M 14.90 £175.20M £199.01 15.83 Chesnara £897.10M 0.85 £4.20M -£5.05 N/A

Is HRI or CSN more profitable?

Herald has a net margin of 86.00% compared to Chesnara's net margin of -1.01%. Herald's return on equity of 7.67% beat Chesnara's return on equity. Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Herald 86.00% 7.67% 9.22% Chesnara -1.01% -2.93% 0.04%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, LOOK or HRI?

Herald has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lookers. Lookers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Herald, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. Company Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio Lookers £4.48B 0.00 £63.90M £0.16 N/A Herald £101.21M 14.90 £175.20M £199.01 15.83

Is LOOK or HRI more profitable?

Herald has a net margin of 86.00% compared to Lookers' net margin of 1.43%. Lookers' return on equity of 14.90% beat Herald's return on equity. Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Lookers 1.43% 14.90% 3.91% Herald 86.00% 7.67% 9.22%

Herald (HRI) Competitors

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HRI vs. WPP, RSG, FOUR, CSN, and LOOK

Should you buy Herald stock or one of its competitors? MarketBeat compares Herald with other companies and stocks that may be similar based on industry, sector, market capitalization, business model, investor interest, or shared news coverage. Companies and stocks commonly compared with Herald include WPP (WPP), Resolute Mining (RSG), 4imprint Group (FOUR), Chesnara (CSN), and Lookers (LOOK). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

How does Herald compare to WPP?

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

6.4% of Herald shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of WPP shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.2% of Herald shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of WPP shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Herald has a beta of 0.702, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, WPP has a beta of 0.676, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the broader market.

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Herald	£101.21M	14.90	£175.20M	£199.01	15.83
WPP	£13.55B	0.22	£203.92M	-£20.00	N/A

In the previous week, WPP had 2 more articles in the media than Herald. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for WPP and 0 mentions for Herald. WPP's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Herald's score of -0.78 indicating that WPP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Herald	Negative
WPP	Neutral

Herald has a net margin of 86.00% compared to WPP's net margin of -1.59%. Herald's return on equity of 7.67% beat WPP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Herald	86.00%	7.67%	9.22%
WPP	-1.59%	-7.54%	1.53%

WPP has a consensus target price of GBX 350, indicating a potential upside of 25.09%. Given WPP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe WPP is more favorable than Herald.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Herald	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
WPP	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Summary

Herald and WPP tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Herald compare to Resolute Mining?

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

Resolute Mining has a beta of 1.319, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Herald has a beta of 0.702, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the broader market.

37.9% of Resolute Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.4% of Herald shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Resolute Mining shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.2% of Herald shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Herald has a net margin of 86.00% compared to Resolute Mining's net margin of 12.76%. Resolute Mining's return on equity of 17.01% beat Herald's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Resolute Mining	12.76%	17.01%	6.41%
Herald	86.00%	7.67%	9.22%

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Resolute Mining	£865.60M	1.20	£15.35M	£5.99	8.14
Herald	£101.21M	14.90	£175.20M	£199.01	15.83

Resolute Mining presently has a consensus target price of GBX 283.33, indicating a potential upside of 481.20%. Given Resolute Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Resolute Mining is more favorable than Herald.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Resolute Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Herald	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

In the previous week, Resolute Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Herald's score of -0.78 indicating that Resolute Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Resolute Mining	Neutral
Herald	Negative

Summary

Resolute Mining beats Herald on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Herald compare to 4imprint Group?

Herald (LON:HRI) and 4imprint Group (LON:FOUR) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

6.4% of Herald shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.0% of 4imprint Group shares are held by institutional investors. 15.2% of Herald shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.1% of 4imprint Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Herald has a net margin of 86.00% compared to 4imprint Group's net margin of 8.43%. 4imprint Group's return on equity of 78.01% beat Herald's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Herald	86.00%	7.67%	9.22%
4imprint Group	8.43%	78.01%	35.62%

4imprint Group has a consensus price target of GBX 4,621.33, suggesting a potential upside of 25.01%. Given 4imprint Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe 4imprint Group is more favorable than Herald.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Herald	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
4imprint Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Herald has a beta of 0.702, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, 4imprint Group has a beta of 0.682, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the broader market.

Herald has higher earnings, but lower revenue than 4imprint Group. 4imprint Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Herald, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Herald	£101.21M	14.90	£175.20M	£199.01	15.83
4imprint Group	£1.35B	0.77	£139.98M	£403.30	9.17

In the previous week, 4imprint Group had 1 more articles in the media than Herald. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for 4imprint Group and 0 mentions for Herald. 4imprint Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Herald's score of -0.78 indicating that 4imprint Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Herald	Negative
4imprint Group	Neutral

Summary

4imprint Group beats Herald on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Herald compare to Chesnara?

Herald (LON:HRI) and Chesnara (LON:CSN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

Herald has a net margin of 86.00% compared to Chesnara's net margin of -1.01%. Herald's return on equity of 7.67% beat Chesnara's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Herald	86.00%	7.67%	9.22%
Chesnara	-1.01%	-2.93%	0.04%

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Herald	£101.21M	14.90	£175.20M	£199.01	15.83
Chesnara	£897.10M	0.85	£4.20M	-£5.05	N/A

6.4% of Herald shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.5% of Chesnara shares are held by institutional investors. 15.2% of Herald shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Chesnara shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Chesnara has a consensus price target of GBX 349.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.74%. Given Chesnara's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Chesnara is more favorable than Herald.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Herald	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Chesnara	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

In the previous week, Chesnara had 1 more articles in the media than Herald. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Chesnara and 0 mentions for Herald. Chesnara's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Herald's score of -0.78 indicating that Chesnara is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Herald	Negative
Chesnara	Positive

Herald has a beta of 0.702, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Chesnara has a beta of 0.523, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the broader market.

Summary

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

How does Herald compare to Lookers?

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

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lookers	£4.48B	0.00	£63.90M	£0.16	N/A
Herald	£101.21M	14.90	£175.20M	£199.01	15.83

Lookers has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Herald has a beta of 0.702, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the broader market.

68.3% of Lookers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.4% of Herald shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of Lookers shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.2% of Herald shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Herald has a net margin of 86.00% compared to Lookers' net margin of 1.43%. Lookers' return on equity of 14.90% beat Herald's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lookers	1.43%	14.90%	3.91%
Herald	86.00%	7.67%	9.22%

In the previous week, Lookers' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Herald's score of -0.78 indicating that Lookers is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Lookers	Positive
Herald	Negative

Summary

Lookers beats Herald on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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.

HRI vs. The Competition

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Metric	Herald	Asset Management Industry	Finance Sector	LON Exchange
Market Cap	£1.51B	£2.44B	£14.24B	£2.78B
Dividend Yield	0.14%	6.01%	5.70%	6.17%
P/E Ratio	15.83	62.01	20.51	368.17
Price / Sales	14.90	1,863.83	44.73	84,567.97
Price / Cash	18.86	60.33	19.34	27.87
Price / Book	1.30	1.40	2.26	7.67
Net Income	£175.20M	£265.27M	£1.13B	£5.89B
7 Day Performance	2.44%	-0.23%	-0.56%	-0.32%
1 Month Performance	2.45%	0.50%	0.78%	-0.80%
1 Year Performance	34.33%	7.90%	12.55%	62.01%

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Company	MarketRank	Share Price	Analysts' Price Target	1Y Price Performance	Market Cap	Revenue	P/E Ratio	Employee Count	Indicator(s)
HRI Herald	N/A	GBX 3,150 +3.3%	N/A	+30.0%	£1.51B	£101.21M	15.83	6,600
WPP WPP	2.7205 of 5 stars	GBX 256.60 +4.1%	GBX 350 +36.4%	-34.7%	£2.77B	£13.55B	N/A	115,500
RSG Resolute Mining	1.897 of 5 stars	GBX 51 -1.9%	GBX 283.33 +455.6%	+52.9%	£1.09B	£865.60M	8.51	40,000	Gap Down
FOUR 4imprint Group	3.8073 of 5 stars	GBX 3,718 -1.9%	GBX 4,621.33 +24.3%	-0.9%	£1.04B	£1.35B	9.22	2,300
CSN Chesnara	1.4592 of 5 stars	GBX 336.50 -0.1%	GBX 349.50 +3.9%	+28.6%	£776.19M	£897.10M	N/A	5,700

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