HWG vs. HKLD, CIC, DAR, OHG, TRAF, ASPL, GPOR, GRI, SAFE, and IWG
Should you be buying Harworth Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Harworth Group include Hongkong Land (HKLD), Conygar Investment (CIC), Dar Global (DAR), One Heritage Group (OHG), Trafalgar Property Group (TRAF), Aseana Properties (ASPL), Great Portland Estates (GPOR), Grainger (GRI), Safestore (SAFE), and IWG (IWG). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Hongkong Land (LON:HKLD) and Harworth Group (LON:HWG) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and earnings.
Hongkong Land has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Harworth Group has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hongkong Land pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 296.9%. Harworth Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Hongkong Land pays out -8,461.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Harworth Group pays out 909.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hongkong Land is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Harworth Group has a net margin of 52.41% compared to Harworth Group's net margin of -31.57%. Hongkong Land's return on equity of 6.12% beat Harworth Group's return on equity.
Harworth Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hongkong Land. Hongkong Land is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Harworth Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Harworth Group received 216 more outperform votes than Hongkong Land when rated by MarketBeat users.
13.0% of Hongkong Land shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.6% of Harworth Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.4% of Hongkong Land shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 52.6% of Harworth Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Harworth Group had 4 more articles in the media than Hongkong Land. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Harworth Group and 1 mentions for Hongkong Land. Hongkong Land's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Harworth Group's score of 0.40 indicating that Harworth Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Harworth Group beats Hongkong Land on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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