JAR vs. HLMA, CGEO, MSI, JARB, RFX, FIH, STRL, VCBC, BASK, and RGP
Should you be buying Jardine Matheson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jardine Matheson include Halma (HLMA), Georgia Capital (CGEO), MS INTERNATIONAL (MSI), Jardine Matheson (JARB), Ramsdens (RFX), FIH group (FIH), Stirling Industries (STRL), Vertu Capital (VCBC), Baskerville Capital (BASK), and Ross Group (RGP). These companies are all part of the "conglomerates" industry.
Jardine Matheson vs. Its Competitors
Jardine Matheson (LON:JAR) and Halma (LON:HLMA) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.
In the previous week, Jardine Matheson had 1 more articles in the media than Halma. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Jardine Matheson and 0 mentions for Halma. Halma's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Jardine Matheson's score of -0.40 indicating that Halma is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Halma has a net margin of 13.21% compared to Jardine Matheson's net margin of 0.23%. Halma's return on equity of 15.87% beat Jardine Matheson's return on equity.
19.0% of Jardine Matheson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.6% of Halma shares are held by institutional investors. 33.4% of Jardine Matheson shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Halma shares are held 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.
Jardine Matheson has higher revenue and earnings than Halma. Halma is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jardine Matheson, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Jardine Matheson has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Halma has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Jardine Matheson pays an annual dividend of GBX 225 per share and has a dividend yield of 360.0%. Halma pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Jardine Matheson pays out 51,420.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Halma pays out 30.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Halma has a consensus price target of GBX 2,650, indicating a potential downside of 17.45%. Given Halma's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Halma is more favorable than Jardine Matheson.
Summary
Halma beats Jardine Matheson on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:JAR) was last updated on 8/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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