PGH vs. HUW, FBH, ADM, RSA, HSX, DLG, HSTG, AUSC, HFEL, and BIPS
Should you be buying Personal Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Personal Group include Helios Underwriting (HUW), FBD (FBH), Admiral Group (ADM), RSA Insurance Group (RSA), Hiscox (HSX), Direct Line Insurance Group (DLG), Hastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L) (HSTG), abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust (AUSC), Henderson Far East Income (HFEL), and Invesco Bond Income Plus (BIPS).
Personal Group vs.
Personal Group (LON:PGH) and Helios Underwriting (LON:HUW) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Personal Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Helios Underwriting pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Personal Group pays out 80.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Helios Underwriting pays out 25.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
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.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 57.3% of Helios Underwriting 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.
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.
Personal Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 262.50, indicating a potential downside of 10.04%. Helios Underwriting has a consensus price target of GBX 239, indicating a potential upside of 9.21%. Given Helios Underwriting's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Helios Underwriting is more favorable than Personal Group.
Helios Underwriting received 26 more outperform votes than Personal Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.28% of users gave Helios Underwriting an outperform vote while only 55.71% of users gave Personal Group an outperform vote.
Personal Group has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helios Underwriting has a beta of 0.14, suggesting that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Personal Group had 6 more articles in the media than Helios Underwriting. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Personal Group and 3 mentions for Helios Underwriting. Personal Group's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Helios Underwriting's score of 0.22 indicating that Personal Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Personal Group beats Helios Underwriting on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:PGH) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
