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Helios Underwriting (HUW) Competitors

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GBX 224 +4.00 (+1.82%)
As of 10/17/2025 10:01 AM Eastern

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Helios Underwriting6.96% 12.61% 1.82%
Personal Group 13.49%14.40%7.99%

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Helios Underwriting
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Personal Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Helios Underwriting's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Personal Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Helios Underwriting Neutral
Personal Group Neutral

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Helios Underwriting£254.15M0.63£17.25M£0.23986.78
Personal Group£46.08M2.04£4.55M£0.241,258.33

Summary

Personal Group beats Helios Underwriting on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HUW vs. The Competition

MetricHelios UnderwritingInsurance IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£160.25M£16.37B£4.85B£2.57B
Dividend Yield2.73%4.50%4.39%5.37%
P/E Ratio986.78180.281,223.084,124.05
Price / Sales0.6388.311,347.0699,406.89
Price / Cash0.545.14127.7827.90
Price / Book1.172.913.538.11
Net Income£17.25M£914.48M£1.22B£5.89B
7 Day Performance2.75%-1.93%-0.31%-0.62%
1 Month Performance7.18%-3.02%0.35%0.73%
1 Year Performance19.79%21.45%41.85%128.71%

Helios Underwriting Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HUW
Helios Underwriting
N/AGBX 224
+1.8%
GBX 239
+6.7%
+18.8%£160.25M£254.15M986.783
PGH
Personal Group
2.1741 of 5 stars
GBX 317.72
-1.6%
GBX 416
+30.9%
+61.2%£99.13M£46.08M1,323.83259
FBH
FBD
N/AN/AN/AN/A£5.26M£422.78M6.82950
ADM
Admiral Group
2.1771 of 5 stars
GBX 3,248
-2.4%
GBX 2,752
-15.3%
+18.6%£9.71B£5.23B1,202.9642,000
RSA
RSA Insurance Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£7.10B£6.55B22.2111,840
HSX
Hiscox
2.1272 of 5 stars
GBX 1,371
-0.5%
GBX 1,480
+8.0%
+17.0%£4.56B£3.84B804.113,000
DLG
Direct Line Insurance Group
N/AGBX 305
flat
N/A+69.3%£3.96B£3.00B16.1110,131High Trading Volume
HSTG
Hastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.65B£763.70M19.053,372High Trading Volume
SEIT
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust
N/AGBX 57.90
+0.7%
N/A-5.1%£628.46M£72.50M904.69N/APositive News
CSN
Chesnara
2.3968 of 5 stars
GBX 271
+0.7%
GBX 326.50
+20.5%
+5.5%£625.10M£847.40M-6,420.435,700Positive News
HET
Henderson European Trust
N/AGBX 201
flat
N/AN/A£621.31M-£16.02M-1,942.03N/ADividend Announcement

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This page (LON:HUW) was last updated on 10/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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