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Helical (HLCL) Competitors

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GBX 171.40 -9.40 (-5.20%)
(As of 12/20/2024 12:01 PM ET)

HLCL vs. LOK, MTVW, LSL, TPFG, FOXT, UAI, PSDL, BLV, PNS, and GR1T

Should you be buying Helical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Helical include Lok'nStore Group (LOK), Mountview Estates (MTVW), LSL Property Services (LSL), The Property Franchise Group (TPFG), Foxtons Group (FOXT), U and I Group (UAI), Phoenix Spree Deutschland (PSDL), Belvoir Group (BLV), Panther Securities (PNS), and Grit Real Estate Income Group (GR1T). These companies are all part of the "real estate services" industry.

Helical vs.

Lok'nStore Group (LON:LOK) and Helical (LON:HLCL) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Helical received 193 more outperform votes than Lok'nStore Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.76% of users gave Helical an outperform vote while only 62.46% of users gave Lok'nStore Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lok'nStore GroupOutperform Votes
183
62.46%
Underperform Votes
110
37.54%
HelicalOutperform Votes
376
71.76%
Underperform Votes
148
28.24%

In the previous week, Helical had 1 more articles in the media than Lok'nStore Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Helical and 0 mentions for Lok'nStore Group. Lok'nStore Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Helical's score of -0.98 indicating that Lok'nStore Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Lok'nStore Group Neutral
Helical Negative

Lok'nStore Group has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helical has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Lok'nStore Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share. Helical pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Lok'nStore Group pays out 14,615.4% 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 pays out -322.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Helical is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Helical has a consensus price target of GBX 275, indicating a potential upside of 60.44%. Given Helical's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Helical is more favorable than Lok'nStore Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lok'nStore Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Helical
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Lok'nStore Group has a net margin of 14.34% compared to Helical's net margin of 0.00%. Lok'nStore Group's return on equity of 1.87% beat Helical's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lok'nStore Group14.34% 1.87% 1.48%
Helical N/A -37.60%1.01%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lok'nStore Group£27.73M0.00£3.98M£0.13N/A
Helical£37.84M5.56-£189.81M-£1.55-110.58

53.1% of Lok'nStore Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.3% of Helical shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.9% of Lok'nStore Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.2% of Helical shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Helical beats Lok'nStore Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HLCL vs. The Competition

MetricHelicalReal Estate Services IndustryReal Estate SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£210.34M£1.65B£1.54B£1.82B
Dividend Yield2.24%5.63%6.54%10.55%
P/E Ratio-110.58445.71241.781,750.98
Price / Sales5.56182.70274.04371,908.98
Price / Cash7.4818.9665.7527.69
Price / Book0.532.231.202.87
Net Income-£189.81M-£156.86M-£46.69M£154.63M
7 Day Performance-9.31%-1.64%-1.79%-1.89%
1 Month Performance-7.45%-0.71%-2.82%17.22%
1 Year Performance-23.82%4.91%2.06%28.44%

Helical Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HLCL
Helical
3.008 of 5 stars
GBX 171.40
-5.2%
GBX 275
+60.4%
-24.3%£210.34M£37.84M-110.5827
LOK
Lok'nStore Group
N/AGBX 1,105
flat
N/A+34.4%£356.58M£27.73M8,500.00193
MTVW
Mountview Estates
N/AGBX 8,635
-2.1%
N/A-13.1%£336.77M£79.47M1,213.9929Gap Down
LSL
LSL Property Services
N/AGBX 284
flat
N/A+12.4%£290.62M£157.32M2,366.671,724
TPFG
The Property Franchise Group
2.8825 of 5 stars
GBX 414
-0.1%
GBX 589
+42.3%
+13.4%£263.93M£40.95M2,184.21176Insider Trade
News Coverage
FOXT
Foxtons Group
N/AGBX 66.60
+0.9%
N/A+47.8%£202.14M£154.71M3,300.001,354
UAI
U and I Group
N/AGBX 148.50
flat
N/AN/A£186.27M£45.79M-2.1296
PSDL
Phoenix Spree Deutschland
N/AGBX 162
-0.9%
N/A+2.1%£148.77M£26.79M-230.28N/AGap Up
BLV
Belvoir Group
N/AGBX 279
flat
N/A+10.9%£104.04M£34.24M1,395.00218High Trading Volume
PNS
Panther Securities
N/AGBX 320
flat
N/A+8.5%£55.81M£14.95M8,000.0018News Coverage
GR1T
Grit Real Estate Income Group
N/AGBX 10.50
flat
N/A-47.8%£49.43M£65.43M-150.00157News Coverage

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This page (LON:HLCL) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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