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Helios Towers (HTWS) Competitors

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GBX 143.60 -2.20 (-1.51%)
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HTWS vs. ISAT, TALK, GAMA, KCOM, MANX, MAI, BBB, TOOP, ORNT, and SAT

Should you be buying Helios Towers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Helios Towers include Inmarsat (ISAT), TalkTalk Telecom Group (TALK), Gamma Communications (GAMA), KCOM Group (KCOM), Manx Telecom (MANX), Maintel (MAI), Bigblu Broadband (BBB), Toople (TOOP), Orient Telecoms (ORNT), and 21512 (SAT.L) (SAT). These companies are all part of the "telecom services" industry.

Helios Towers vs. Its Competitors

Inmarsat (LON:ISAT) and Helios Towers (LON:HTWS) are both telecom services industry companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Inmarsat has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Helios Towers' net margin of -10.52%. Helios Towers' return on equity of 152.87% beat Inmarsat's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
InmarsatN/A N/A N/A
Helios Towers -10.52%152.87%5.84%

Helios Towers has a consensus price target of GBX 210, suggesting a potential upside of 46.24%. Given Helios Towers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Helios Towers is more favorable than Inmarsat.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Inmarsat
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Helios Towers
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Inmarsat£1.44B0.00N/A-£13.10N/A
Helios Towers£820.40M1.88-£153.56M£0.081,889.47

In the previous week, Helios Towers had 7 more articles in the media than Inmarsat. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Helios Towers and 0 mentions for Inmarsat. Helios Towers' average media sentiment score of 0.05 beat Inmarsat's score of 0.00 indicating that Helios Towers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Inmarsat Neutral
Helios Towers Neutral

33.7% of Helios Towers shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Helios Towers shares are owned by 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.

Summary

Helios Towers beats Inmarsat on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HTWS vs. The Competition

MetricHelios TowersTelecom Services IndustryCommunication SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.56B£11.93B£3.43B£2.57B
Dividend YieldN/A9.38%6.71%5.33%
P/E Ratio1,889.47267.19353.235,391.08
Price / Sales1.88182.40140.9598,185.35
Price / Cash3.1131.1616.2327.92
Price / Book-23.784.174.948.52
Net Income-£153.56M£628.05M£77.77M£5.89B
7 Day Performance3.76%-0.92%-1.09%8.26%
1 Month Performance5.74%-0.77%-0.72%2.69%
1 Year Performance24.22%10.04%28.77%157.29%

Helios Towers Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HTWS
Helios Towers
1.4955 of 5 stars
GBX 143.60
-1.5%
GBX 210
+46.2%
+31.0%£1.56B£820.40M1,889.47725News Coverage
ISAT
Inmarsat
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.56B£1.44B-41.561,800High Trading Volume
TALK
TalkTalk Telecom Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.11B£1.52B7.57500High Trading Volume
GAMA
Gamma Communications
1.9116 of 5 stars
GBX 990
+0.2%
GBX 1,535
+55.1%
-43.2%£912.38M£613.50M1,375.001,895
KCOM
KCOM Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£619.93M£281.64M-18.181,464
MANX
Manx Telecom
N/AN/AN/AN/A£249.70M£81.47M20.72300
MAI
Maintel
N/AGBX 175
+2.9%
N/A-36.7%£25.13M£97.86M5,000.00482Earnings Report
Gap Up
BBB
Bigblu Broadband
N/AGBX 19.38
-5.5%
N/A-29.5%£8.45M£774K73.3990Gap Down
TOOP
Toople
N/AN/AN/AN/A£456K£2.80M-0.3019Gap Up
ORNT
Orient Telecoms
N/AGBX 4
flat
N/AN/A£400K£216.07K-166.679
SAT
21512 (SAT.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.0025

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This page (LON:HTWS) was last updated on 9/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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