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Herald (HRI) Competitors

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GBX 2,490.50 +0.50 (+0.02%)
(As of 11:26 AM ET)

HRI vs. FOUR, PAY, LOOK, OCN, RSG, CSN, MXCT, TRMR, HUR, and ACRL

Should you be buying Herald stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Herald include 4imprint Group (FOUR), PayPoint (PAY), Lookers (LOOK), Ocean Wilsons (OCN), Resolute Mining (RSG), Chesnara (CSN), MaxCyte (MXCT), Tremor International (TRMR), Hurricane Energy (HUR), and Accrol Group (ACRL). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Herald vs.

Herald (LON:HRI) and 4imprint Group (LON:FOUR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

4imprint Group received 214 more outperform votes than Herald when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.71% of users gave 4imprint Group an outperform vote while only 67.76% of users gave Herald an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HeraldOutperform Votes
103
67.76%
Underperform Votes
49
32.24%
4imprint GroupOutperform Votes
317
72.71%
Underperform Votes
119
27.29%

31.8% of Herald shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of 4imprint Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Herald shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of 4imprint Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

4imprint Group has a consensus target price of GBX 7,365, suggesting a potential upside of 52.18%. Given 4imprint Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe 4imprint Group is more favorable than Herald.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Herald
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
4imprint Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Herald has higher earnings, but lower revenue than 4imprint Group. Herald is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 4imprint Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Herald£204.98M6.42£190.88M£3.39733.04
4imprint Group£1.36B1.00£111.40M£2.322,086.09

Herald has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 4imprint Group has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Herald has a net margin of 93.12% compared to 4imprint Group's net margin of 8.20%. 4imprint Group's return on equity of 92.73% beat Herald's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Herald93.12% 14.74% 9.22%
4imprint Group 8.20%92.73%35.62%

In the previous week, Herald had 2 more articles in the media than 4imprint Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Herald and 0 mentions for 4imprint Group. Herald's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat 4imprint Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Herald is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Herald Neutral
4imprint Group Neutral

Summary

4imprint Group beats Herald on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HRI vs. The Competition

MetricHeraldAsset Management IndustryFinance SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.32B£829.91M£10.50B£1.40B
Dividend Yield0.14%13.35%10.35%11.74%
P/E Ratio733.04768.1749.041,558.04
Price / Sales6.4213,851.123,157.68311,012.94
Price / Cash18.8680.1030.5432.94
Price / Book1.001.712.762.85
Net Income£190.88M£57.36M£1.02B£152.80M
7 Day Performance1.84%-0.69%-1.31%18.96%
1 Month Performance15.05%12.38%0.01%18.69%
1 Year Performance31.48%7.25%16.35%23.73%

Herald Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HRI
Herald
N/AGBX 2,490.50
+0.0%
N/A+32.2%£1.32B£204.98M734.666,600High Trading Volume
FOUR
4imprint Group
2.4222 of 5 stars
GBX 4,875
+0.2%
GBX 7,365
+51.1%
+3.6%£1.37B£1.36B2,101.292,300News Coverage
PAY
PayPoint
0.8587 of 5 stars
GBX 782
-1.3%
GBX 675
-13.7%
+59.8%£564.06M£297.90M1,595.921,260Gap Up
LOOK
Lookers
N/AGBX 129.80
flat
N/AN/A£503.22M£4.48B811.2538
OCN
Ocean Wilsons
N/AGBX 1,310
flat
N/A+17.0%£463.22M£519.35M984.9674,200
RSG
Resolute Mining
2.0572 of 5 stars
GBX 19.05
-9.3%
GBX 39
+104.7%
-17.0%£405.77M£643.08M1,680.0040,000Gap Down
CSN
Chesnara
N/AGBX 257
flat
N/A-2.1%£387.94M£410.30M8,566.675,700Positive News
MXCT
MaxCyte
N/AGBX 340
+1.8%
N/A-8.5%£357.31M£45.44M-1,293.2780Gap Up
TRMR
Tremor International
N/AGBX 201.20
+1.8%
N/A+5.9%£293.13M£343.77M-1,829.09167News Coverage
HUR
Hurricane Energy
N/AGBX 7.79
+4.8%
N/AN/A£155.02M£275.50M194.755,660High Trading Volume
ACRL
Accrol Group
N/AGBX 39
+0.5%
N/A+15.7%£124.36M£221.16M-3,900.00456

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This page (LON:HRI) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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