HUW vs. PGH, FBH, ADM, RSA, HSX, DLG, HSTG, APAX, GCP, and PEY
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), Apax Global Alpha (APAX), GCP Infrastructure Investments (GCP), and Princess Private Equity (PEY).
Helios Underwriting vs. Its Competitors
Personal Group (LON:PGH) and Helios Underwriting (LON:HUW) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Personal Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Helios Underwriting pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. 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. Helios Underwriting pays out 25.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
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.
Personal Group has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helios Underwriting has a beta of 0.14, suggesting that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Personal Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 262.50, suggesting a potential downside of 7.64%. Helios Underwriting has a consensus target price of GBX 239, suggesting a potential downside of 1.57%. Given Helios Underwriting's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Helios Underwriting is more favorable than Personal Group.
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.
40.3% of Personal Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.3% of Helios Underwriting shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.9% of Personal Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.3% of Helios Underwriting shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Helios Underwriting had 1 more articles in the media than Personal Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Helios Underwriting and 1 mentions for Personal Group. Helios Underwriting's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Personal Group's score of 0.10 indicating that Helios Underwriting is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Summary
Helios Underwriting beats Personal Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HUW) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
