HTWS vs. ZEG, ISAT, GAMA, TALK, KCOM, MANX, MAI, BBB, TOOP, and ORNT
Should you be buying Helios Towers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Helios Towers include Zegona Communications (ZEG), Inmarsat (ISAT), Gamma Communications (GAMA), TalkTalk Telecom Group (TALK), KCOM Group (KCOM), Manx Telecom (MANX), Maintel (MAI), Bigblu Broadband (BBB), Toople (TOOP), and Orient Telecoms (ORNT). These companies are all part of the "telecom services" industry.
Helios Towers vs. Its Competitors
Helios Towers (LON:HTWS) and Zegona Communications (LON:ZEG) are both communication services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.
72.2% of Helios Towers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.6% of Zegona Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Helios Towers shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 74.7% of Zegona Communications shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Zegona Communications 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 Zegona Communications' return on equity.
Helios Towers currently has a consensus target price of GBX 220, suggesting a potential upside of 83.64%. Zegona Communications has a consensus target price of GBX 825, suggesting a potential upside of 13.11%. Given Helios Towers' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Helios Towers is more favorable than Zegona Communications.
Helios Towers has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zegona Communications has a beta of 2.8, meaning that its stock price is 180% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Zegona Communications received 89 more outperform votes than Helios Towers when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.59% of users gave Helios Towers an outperform vote while only 69.33% of users gave Zegona Communications an outperform vote.
Zegona Communications has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Helios Towers. Zegona Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Helios Towers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Helios Towers had 1 more articles in the media than Zegona Communications. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Helios Towers and 0 mentions for Zegona Communications. Helios Towers' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Zegona Communications'average media sentiment score.
Summary
Helios Towers beats Zegona Communications on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:HTWS) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
