HUW vs. PGH, FBH, ADM, RSA, HSX, DLG, HSTG, NAS, FSFL, and IPO
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), North Atlantic Smaller Cos (NAS), Foresight Solar (FSFL), and IP Group (IPO).
Personal Group (LON:PGH) and Helios Underwriting (LON:HUW) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Personal Group has a net margin of 8.71% compared to Helios Underwriting's net margin of 7.62%. Personal Group's return on equity of 13.73% beat Helios Underwriting's return on equity.
In the previous week, Personal Group had 3 more articles in the media than Helios Underwriting. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Personal Group and 2 mentions for Helios Underwriting. Personal Group's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Helios Underwriting's score of 0.25 indicating that Personal Group is being referred to more favorably in the 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.
Personal Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 209, indicating a potential upside of 23.67%. Given Personal Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Personal Group is more favorable than Helios Underwriting.
Personal Group has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helios Underwriting has a beta of 0.14, indicating that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Helios Underwriting received 26 more outperform votes than Personal Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.05% of users gave Helios Underwriting an outperform vote while only 55.40% of users gave Personal Group an outperform vote.
Personal Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Helios Underwriting pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Personal Group pays out 8,571.4% 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 2,857.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
40.3% of Personal Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.3% of Helios Underwriting shares are held by institutional investors. 43.9% of Personal Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.3% of Helios Underwriting shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Personal Group beats Helios Underwriting on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HUW) was last updated on 10/6/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
