PGH vs. HUW, JEMA, ESO, LIV, RMMC, CBKD, ASTO, AGFX, MINI, and BSRT
Should you be buying Personal Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Personal Group include Helios Underwriting (HUW), JPMorgan Emerging Europe Middle East & Africa Securities (JEMA), EPE Special Opportunities (ESO), Livermore Investments (LIV), River and Mercantile UK Micro Cap (RMMC), Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. (CBKD), AssetCo (ASTO), Argentex Group (AGFX), Miton UK Microcap (MINI), and Baker Steel Resources Trust (BSRT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Personal Group (LON:PGH) and Helios Underwriting (LON:HUW) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.
37.9% of Personal Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Helios Underwriting shares are held by institutional investors. 43.6% of Personal Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 48.2% of Helios Underwriting shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Personal Group had 4 more articles in the media than Helios Underwriting. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Personal Group and 2 mentions for Helios Underwriting. Helios Underwriting's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Personal Group's score of -0.03 indicating that Helios Underwriting is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Helios Underwriting received 27 more outperform votes than Personal Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.05% of users gave Helios Underwriting an outperform vote while only 55.07% of users gave Personal Group an outperform vote.
Personal Group has a net margin of 8.71% compared to Helios Underwriting's net margin of 2.16%. Personal Group's return on equity of 13.73% beat Helios Underwriting's return on equity.
Personal Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Helios Underwriting. Personal Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Helios Underwriting, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Personal Group has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helios Underwriting has a beta of 0.11, suggesting that its share price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Personal Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Helios Underwriting pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Personal Group pays out 9,230.8% 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 12,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Personal Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Personal Group beats Helios Underwriting on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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