Halma (HLMA) Competitors

Georgia Capital (LON:CGEO) and Halma (LON:HLMA) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.

Is CGEO or HLMA more profitable?

Georgia Capital has a net margin of 96.37% compared to Halma's net margin of 13.21%. Halma's return on equity of 16.12% beat Georgia Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Georgia Capital	96.37%	5.63%	3.51%
Halma	13.21%	16.12%	8.13%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CGEO or HLMA?

62.4% of Georgia Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.6% of Halma shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.1% of Georgia Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Halma shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend CGEO or HLMA?

Halma has a consensus target price of GBX 2,525, indicating a potential downside of 8.48%. Given Halma's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Halma is more favorable than Georgia Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Georgia Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Halma	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the media favor CGEO or HLMA?

In the previous week, Georgia Capital had 2 more articles in the media than Halma. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Georgia Capital and 2 mentions for Halma. Halma's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Georgia Capital's score of -0.03 indicating that Halma is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Georgia Capital	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Halma	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CGEO or HLMA?

Halma received 397 more outperform votes than Georgia Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.38% of users gave Georgia Capital an outperform vote while only 57.02% of users gave Halma an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Georgia Capital	Outperform Votes 17 65.38%	Underperform Votes 9 34.62%
Halma	Outperform Votes 414 57.02%	Underperform Votes 312 42.98%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CGEO or HLMA?

Halma has higher revenue and earnings than Georgia Capital. Georgia Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Halma, 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
Georgia Capital	£180.38M	2.31	£173.83M	£1.11	1,045.05
Halma	£2.03B	5.13	£268.80M	£0.71	3,885.92

Which has more risk and volatility, CGEO or HLMA?

Georgia Capital has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Halma has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Halma beats Georgia Capital on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.