PGH vs. HUW, FBH, ADM, RSA, HSX, DLG, HSTG, JII, AIE, and GHE
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), JPMorgan Indian (JII), Ashoka India Equity Investment (AIE), and Gresham House (GHE).
Personal Group vs. Its Competitors
Helios Underwriting (LON:HUW) and Personal Group (LON:PGH) 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 risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
14.9% of Helios Underwriting shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.3% of Personal Group shares are held by institutional investors. 35.1% of Helios Underwriting shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 44.8% of Personal Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Helios Underwriting has a beta of 0.14, meaning that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Personal Group has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Helios Underwriting currently has a consensus price target of GBX 239, indicating a potential upside of 17.16%. Personal Group has a consensus price target of GBX 288.50, indicating a potential downside of 22.03%. Given Helios Underwriting's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Helios Underwriting is more favorable than Personal Group.
In the previous week, Personal Group had 1 more articles in the media than Helios Underwriting. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Personal Group and 0 mentions for Helios Underwriting. Helios Underwriting's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Personal Group'saverage media sentiment score.
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 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.
Helios Underwriting pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Personal Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Helios Underwriting pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Personal Group pays out 61.4% 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.
Summary
Personal Group beats Helios Underwriting on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:PGH) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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