Hargreaves Services (HSP) Competitors

DX (Group) (LON:DX) and Hargreaves Services (LON:HSP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and media sentiment.

Is DX or HSP a better dividend stock?

DX (Group) pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share. Hargreaves Services pays an annual dividend of GBX 36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. DX (Group) pays out 5,000.0% 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 9,729.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of DX or HSP?

55.8% of DX (Group) shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.0% of Hargreaves Services shares are held by institutional investors. 26.4% of DX (Group) shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of Hargreaves Services shares are held 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.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, DX or HSP?

DX (Group) has higher revenue and earnings than Hargreaves Services. DX (Group) 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
DX (Group)	£471.20M	0.00	£22.80M	£0.04	N/A
Hargreaves Services	£211.15M	0.83	£12.28M	£0.37	1,432.43

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DX or HSP?

DX (Group) received 27 more outperform votes than Hargreaves Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.56% of users gave DX (Group) an outperform vote while only 57.53% of users gave Hargreaves Services an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DX (Group)	Outperform Votes 153 64.56%	Underperform Votes 84 35.44%
Hargreaves Services	Outperform Votes 126 57.53%	Underperform Votes 93 42.47%

Do analysts rate DX or HSP?

Given DX (Group)'s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe DX (Group) is more favorable than Hargreaves Services.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DX (Group)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Hargreaves Services	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media refer more to DX or HSP?

In the previous week, DX (Group) had 2 more articles in the media than Hargreaves Services. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for DX (Group) and 2 mentions for Hargreaves Services. Hargreaves Services' average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat DX (Group)'s score of -0.30 indicating that Hargreaves Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DX (Group)	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Hargreaves Services	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is DX or HSP more profitable?

Hargreaves Services has a net margin of 5.82% compared to DX (Group)'s net margin of 4.84%. DX (Group)'s return on equity of 36.77% beat Hargreaves Services' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DX (Group)	4.84%	36.77%	8.00%
Hargreaves Services	5.82%	6.22%	3.28%

Which has more risk & volatility, DX or HSP?

DX (Group) has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hargreaves Services has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

DX (Group) beats Hargreaves Services on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.