Helical (HLCL) Competitors

Globalworth Real Estate Investments (LON:GWI) and Helical (LON:HLCL) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GWI or HLCL?

Helical received 270 more outperform votes than Globalworth Real Estate Investments when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.89% of users gave Globalworth Real Estate Investments an outperform vote while only 71.81% of users gave Helical an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Globalworth Real Estate Investments	Outperform Votes 107 75.89%	Underperform Votes 34 24.11%
Helical	Outperform Votes 377 71.81%	Underperform Votes 148 28.19%

Is GWI or HLCL a better dividend stock?

Globalworth Real Estate Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 840.0%. Helical pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Globalworth Real Estate Investments pays out -5,782.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Helical pays out 23.6% 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. Globalworth Real Estate Investments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer GWI or HLCL?

Helical has a consensus target price of GBX 275, suggesting a potential upside of 34.47%. Given Helical's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Helical is more favorable than Globalworth Real Estate Investments.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Globalworth Real Estate Investments	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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GWI or HLCL?

5.0% of Globalworth Real Estate Investments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.3% of Helical shares are held by institutional investors. 85.6% of Globalworth Real Estate Investments shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.2% of Helical shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, GWI or HLCL?

Globalworth Real Estate Investments has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helical has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GWI or HLCL more profitable?

Helical has a net margin of 65.10% compared to Globalworth Real Estate Investments' net margin of -40.58%. Helical's return on equity of 5.77% beat Globalworth Real Estate Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Globalworth Real Estate Investments	-40.58%	-6.02%	2.24%
Helical	65.10%	5.77%	1.01%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, GWI or HLCL?

Helical has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Globalworth Real Estate Investments. Globalworth Real Estate Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Helical, 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
Globalworth Real Estate Investments	£24.94B	0.03	-£10.12B	-£0.36	-6.88
Helical	£40.00M	6.27	£26.04M	£21.22	9.64

Does the media favor GWI or HLCL?

In the previous week, Helical had 5 more articles in the media than Globalworth Real Estate Investments. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Helical and 1 mentions for Globalworth Real Estate Investments. Helical's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Globalworth Real Estate Investments' score of 0.67 indicating that Helical is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Globalworth Real Estate Investments	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Helical	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Helical beats Globalworth Real Estate Investments on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.