HTWS vs. GAMA, ZEG, YOU, KWS, BCG, NFG, MONY, SONG, FUTR, and ASCL
Should you be buying Helios Towers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Helios Towers include Gamma Communications (GAMA), Zegona Communications (ZEG), YouGov (YOU), Keywords Studios (KWS), Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG), Next 15 Group (NFG), Moneysupermarket.com Group (MONY), Hipgnosis Songs (SONG), Future (FUTR), and Ascential (ASCL). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
Helios Towers (LON:HTWS) and Gamma Communications (LON:GAMA) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
Gamma Communications has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Helios Towers. Helios Towers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gamma Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Gamma Communications had 2 more articles in the media than Helios Towers. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Gamma Communications and 1 mentions for Helios Towers. Helios Towers' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Gamma Communications' score of 0.72 indicating that Helios Towers is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Gamma Communications has a net margin of 10.27% compared to Helios Towers' net margin of -13.88%. Gamma Communications' return on equity of 16.68% beat Helios Towers' return on equity.
Gamma Communications received 166 more outperform votes than Helios Towers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.66% of users gave Gamma Communications an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Helios Towers an outperform vote.
Helios Towers presently has a consensus target price of GBX 95, suggesting a potential upside of 2.48%. Gamma Communications has a consensus target price of GBX 2,035, suggesting a potential upside of 53.93%. Given Gamma Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Gamma Communications is more favorable than Helios Towers.
67.8% of Helios Towers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.5% of Gamma Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Helios Towers shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Gamma Communications shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Helios Towers has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gamma Communications has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Gamma Communications beats Helios Towers on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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