Hongkong Land (HKLD) Competitors

Harworth Group (LON:HWG) and Hongkong Land (LON:HKLD) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HWG or HKLD?

Harworth Group received 216 more outperform votes than Hongkong Land when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Harworth Group	Outperform Votes 216 83.40%	Underperform Votes 43 16.60%
Hongkong Land	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, HWG or HKLD?

Harworth Group has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hongkong Land has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HWG or HKLD more profitable?

Harworth Group has a net margin of 52.25% compared to Hongkong Land's net margin of -31.57%. Harworth Group's return on equity of 7.96% beat Hongkong Land's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Harworth Group	52.25%	7.96%	-1.45%
Hongkong Land	-31.57%	-1.77%	1.15%

Do analysts prefer HWG or HKLD?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Harworth Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Hongkong Land	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has better valuation and earnings, HWG or HKLD?

Harworth Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hongkong Land. Hongkong Land is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Harworth Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Harworth Group	£95.50M	6.07	£49.89M	£0.15	1,193.33
Hongkong Land	£1.84B	0.09	-£582.30M	-£0.26	-28.50

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of HWG or HKLD?

35.7% of Harworth Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.0% of Hongkong Land shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.4% of Harworth Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 53.4% of Hongkong Land shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer HWG or HKLD?

In the previous week, Harworth Group had 1 more articles in the media than Hongkong Land. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Harworth Group and 0 mentions for Hongkong Land. Harworth Group's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Hongkong Land's score of 0.00 indicating that Harworth Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Harworth Group	Positive
Hongkong Land	Neutral

Is HWG or HKLD a better dividend stock?

Harworth Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Hongkong Land pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 296.9%. Harworth Group pays out 1,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hongkong Land pays out -8,461.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hongkong Land is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Harworth Group beats Hongkong Land on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.