HUW vs. PGH, FBH, ADM, RSA, HSX, DLG, HSTG, PEY, HET, and GCP
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), Princess Private Equity (PEY), Henderson European Trust (HET), and GCP Infrastructure Investments (GCP).
Helios Underwriting vs.
Helios Underwriting (LON:HUW) and Personal Group (LON:PGH) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
Helios Underwriting has a beta of 0.14, suggesting that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Personal Group has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Helios Underwriting currently has a consensus target price of GBX 239, suggesting a potential upside of 10.27%. Personal Group has a consensus target price of GBX 262.50, suggesting a potential downside of 10.10%. Given Helios Underwriting's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Helios Underwriting is more favorable than Personal Group.
Helios Underwriting pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Personal Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Helios Underwriting pays out 25.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Personal Group pays out 80.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
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 received 26 more outperform votes than Personal Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.28% of users gave Helios Underwriting an outperform vote while only 55.71% of users gave Personal Group an outperform vote.
36.3% of Helios Underwriting shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.3% of Personal Group shares are held by institutional investors. 57.3% of Helios Underwriting shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 43.9% of Personal Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Personal Group had 5 more articles in the media than Helios Underwriting. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Personal Group and 3 mentions for Helios Underwriting. Personal Group's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Helios Underwriting's score of 0.22 indicating that Personal Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HUW) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
