HWG vs. HKLD, PRSR, MTVW, CLI, PCTN, CREI, IHR, WHR, THRL, and SHED
Should you be buying Harworth Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Harworth Group include Hongkong Land (HKLD), Prs Reit (PRSR), Mountview Estates (MTVW), CLS (CLI), Picton Property Income (PCTN), Custodian Property Income REIT (CREI), Impact Healthcare REIT (IHR), Warehouse REIT (WHR), Target Healthcare REIT (THRL), and Urban Logistics REIT (SHED). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Harworth Group (LON:HWG) and Hongkong Land (LON:HKLD) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
Harworth Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Hongkong Land pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 296.9%. Harworth Group pays out -666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hongkong Land pays out -8,461.5% 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. Hongkong Land is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Harworth Group had 3 more articles in the media than Hongkong Land. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Harworth Group and 1 mentions for Hongkong Land. Harworth Group's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Hongkong Land's score of -0.18 indicating that Harworth Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Harworth Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hongkong Land. Harworth Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hongkong Land, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hongkong Land has a net margin of -31.57% compared to Harworth Group's net margin of -39.57%. Hongkong Land's return on equity of -1.77% beat Harworth Group's return on equity.
52.8% of Harworth Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.0% of Hongkong Land shares are held by institutional investors. 47.6% of Harworth Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 53.4% of Hongkong Land shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Harworth Group has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hongkong Land has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Harworth Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 180, indicating a potential upside of 33.83%. Given Harworth Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Harworth Group is more favorable than Hongkong Land.
Harworth Group received 216 more outperform votes than Hongkong Land when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Harworth Group beats Hongkong Land on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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