HUW vs. PGH, FBH, ADM, RSA, HSX, DLG, HSTG, SEIT, CSN, and HET
Should you be buying Helios Underwriting stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Helios Underwriting include Personal Group (PGH), FBD (FBH), Admiral Group (ADM), RSA Insurance Group (RSA), Hiscox (HSX), Direct Line Insurance Group (DLG), Hastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L) (HSTG), SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEIT), Chesnara (CSN), and Henderson European Trust (HET).
Helios Underwriting vs. Its Competitors
Helios Underwriting (LON:HUW) and Personal Group (LON:PGH) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Personal Group has a net margin of 13.49% compared to Helios Underwriting's net margin of 6.96%. Personal Group's return on equity of 14.40% beat Helios Underwriting's return on equity.
Helios Underwriting has a beta of 0.14, suggesting that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Personal Group has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Helios Underwriting pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Personal Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Helios Underwriting pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Personal Group pays out 68.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Helios Underwriting presently has a consensus target price of GBX 239, suggesting a potential upside of 6.70%. Personal Group has a consensus target price of GBX 416, suggesting a potential upside of 37.75%. Given Personal Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Personal Group is more favorable than Helios Underwriting.
In the previous week, Helios Underwriting's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Personal Group'saverage media sentiment score.
14.9% of Helios Underwriting shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.3% of Personal Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.1% of Helios Underwriting shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 44.8% of Personal Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Helios Underwriting has higher revenue and earnings than Personal Group. Helios Underwriting is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Personal Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Personal Group beats Helios Underwriting on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HUW) was last updated on 10/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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