TPFG vs. HLCL, FOXT, LSL, PSDL, GR1T, LOK, MTVW, SREI, NRR, and SOHO
Should you be buying The Property Franchise Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Property Franchise Group include Helical (HLCL), Foxtons Group (FOXT), LSL Property Services (LSL), Phoenix Spree Deutschland (PSDL), Grit Real Estate Income Group (GR1T), Lok'nStore Group (LOK), Mountview Estates (MTVW), Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust (SREI), NewRiver REIT (NRR), and Triple Point Social Housing REIT (SOHO). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Helical (LON:HLCL) and The Property Franchise Group (LON:TPFG) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Helical received 197 more outperform votes than The Property Franchise Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.65% of users gave Helical an outperform vote while only 68.08% of users gave The Property Franchise Group an outperform vote.
The Property Franchise Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Helical. Helical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Property Franchise Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
75.3% of Helical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.5% of The Property Franchise Group shares are held by institutional investors. 15.3% of Helical shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of The Property Franchise Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
The Property Franchise Group has a net margin of 27.06% compared to The Property Franchise Group's net margin of 0.00%. Helical's return on equity of 20.21% beat The Property Franchise Group's return on equity.
Helical currently has a consensus price target of GBX 351.50, indicating a potential upside of 72.73%. The Property Franchise Group has a consensus price target of GBX 459.50, indicating a potential upside of 21.56%. Given The Property Franchise Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Helical is more favorable than The Property Franchise Group.
Helical pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. The Property Franchise Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Helical pays out -839.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Property Franchise Group pays out 5,652.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Helical is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Helical has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Property Franchise Group has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, The Property Franchise Group had 5 more articles in the media than Helical. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for The Property Franchise Group and 1 mentions for Helical. The Property Franchise Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Helical's score of 0.67 indicating that Helical is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Helical and The Property Franchise Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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