Hargreaves Services (HSP) Competitors

Wincanton (LON:WIN) and Hargreaves Services (LON:HSP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

Is WIN or HSP a better dividend stock?

Wincanton pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share. Hargreaves Services pays an annual dividend of GBX 36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Wincanton pays out 6,190.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hargreaves Services pays out 98.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hargreaves Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better valuation & earnings, WIN or HSP?

Wincanton has higher revenue and earnings than Hargreaves Services. Wincanton is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hargreaves Services, 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
Wincanton	£1.40B	0.00	£25.90M	£0.21	N/A
Hargreaves Services	£217.10M	1.18	£12.62M	£36.52	20.81

Is WIN or HSP more profitable?

Hargreaves Services has a net margin of 5.81% compared to Wincanton's net margin of 1.85%. Wincanton's return on equity of 51.39% beat Hargreaves Services' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wincanton	1.85%	51.39%	6.38%
Hargreaves Services	5.81%	6.30%	2.07%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of WIN or HSP?

73.9% of Wincanton shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.0% of Hargreaves Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.3% of Wincanton shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of Hargreaves Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer WIN or HSP?

In the previous week, Hargreaves Services had 5 more articles in the media than Wincanton. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Hargreaves Services and 0 mentions for Wincanton. Hargreaves Services' average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Wincanton's score of 0.00 indicating that Hargreaves Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Wincanton	Neutral
Hargreaves Services	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, WIN or HSP?

Wincanton has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hargreaves Services has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Hargreaves Services beats Wincanton on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.