Halma (HLMA) Competitors

Halma (LON:HLMA) and Jardine Matheson (LON:JAR) 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.

Is HLMA or JAR more profitable?

Halma has a net margin of 13.21% compared to Jardine Matheson's net margin of 0.23%. Halma's return on equity of 15.87% beat Jardine Matheson's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Halma	13.21%	15.87%	8.13%
Jardine Matheson	0.23%	0.28%	2.53%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HLMA or JAR?

Halma received 324 more outperform votes than Jardine Matheson when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.75% of users gave Jardine Matheson an outperform vote while only 56.71% of users gave Halma an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Halma	Outperform Votes 414 56.71%	Underperform Votes 316 43.29%
Jardine Matheson	Outperform Votes 90 64.75%	Underperform Votes 49 35.25%

Do analysts recommend HLMA or JAR?

Halma presently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,566.67, indicating a potential downside of 5.98%. Given Halma's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Halma is more favorable than Jardine Matheson.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Halma	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Jardine Matheson	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, HLMA or JAR?

Jardine Matheson has higher revenue and earnings than Halma. Halma is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jardine Matheson, 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
Halma	£2.03B	5.06	£268.37M	£71.48	38.19
Jardine Matheson	£2.28T	0.00	£5.21B	£0.44	95.94

Which has more volatility & risk, HLMA or JAR?

Halma has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jardine Matheson has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor HLMA or JAR?

In the previous week, Halma's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Jardine Matheson'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Halma	Neutral
Jardine Matheson	Neutral

Is HLMA or JAR a better dividend stock?

Halma pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Jardine Matheson pays an annual dividend of GBX 225 per share and has a dividend yield of 536.0%. Halma pays out 30.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jardine Matheson pays out 51,420.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in HLMA or JAR?

55.6% of Halma shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.0% of Jardine Matheson shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Halma shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.4% of Jardine Matheson shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Halma beats Jardine Matheson on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.