HLMA vs. CGEO, JAR, MSI, JARB, RFX, FIH, STRL, PHSC, VCBC, and BASK
Should you be buying Halma stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Halma include Georgia Capital (CGEO), Jardine Matheson (JAR), MS INTERNATIONAL (MSI), Jardine Matheson (JARB), Ramsdens (RFX), FIH group (FIH), Stirling Industries (STRL), PHSC (PHSC), Vertu Capital (VCBC), and Baskerville Capital (BASK). These companies are all part of the "conglomerates" industry.
Halma vs.
Halma (LON:HLMA) and Georgia Capital (LON:CGEO) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.
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.
In the previous week, Georgia Capital had 2 more articles in the media than Halma. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Georgia Capital and 4 mentions for Halma. Halma's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Georgia Capital's score of 0.73 indicating that Halma is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 56.79% of users gave Halma an outperform vote.
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.
55.6% of Halma shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.4% of Georgia Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Halma shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.1% of Georgia Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Halma presently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,587.50, indicating a potential downside of 7.82%. Given Halma's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Halma is more favorable than Georgia Capital.
Halma has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Georgia Capital has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Halma beats Georgia Capital on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HLMA) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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