Hargreaves Services (HSP) Competitors

Wincanton (LON:WIN) and Hargreaves Services (LON:HSP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WIN or HSP?

Wincanton received 241 more outperform votes than Hargreaves Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.09% of users gave Wincanton an outperform vote while only 57.53% of users gave Hargreaves Services an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wincanton	Outperform Votes 367 79.09%	Underperform Votes 97 20.91%
Hargreaves Services	Outperform Votes 126 57.53%	Underperform Votes 93 42.47%

Is WIN or HSP more profitable?

Hargreaves Services has a net margin of 5.81% compared to Wincanton's net margin of 1.85%. Wincanton's return on equity of 51.39% beat Hargreaves Services' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wincanton	1.85%	51.39%	6.38%
Hargreaves Services	5.81%	6.30%	2.07%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of WIN or HSP?

73.9% of Wincanton shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.0% of Hargreaves Services shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of Wincanton shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of Hargreaves Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor WIN or HSP?

In the previous week, Hargreaves Services had 4 more articles in the media than Wincanton. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Hargreaves Services and 4 mentions for Wincanton. Hargreaves Services' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Wincanton's score of -0.19 indicating that Hargreaves Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Wincanton	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Hargreaves Services	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, WIN or HSP?

Wincanton has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hargreaves Services has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is WIN or HSP a better dividend stock?

Wincanton pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share. Hargreaves Services pays an annual dividend of GBX 36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Wincanton pays out 6,190.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hargreaves Services pays out 98.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hargreaves Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better valuation and earnings, WIN or HSP?

Wincanton has higher revenue and earnings than Hargreaves Services. Wincanton is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hargreaves Services, 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
Wincanton	£1.40B	0.00	£25.90M	£0.21	N/A
Hargreaves Services	£217.10M	0.93	£12.62M	£36.52	16.37

Summary

Wincanton and Hargreaves Services tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.