HSP vs. WIN, DX, XPD, IDS, TYMN, JHD, ICGC, RNWH, MGAM, and MEGP
Should you be buying Hargreaves Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hargreaves Services include Wincanton (WIN), DX (Group) (DX), Xpediator (XPD), International Distributions Services (IDS), Tyman (TYMN), James Halstead (JHD), Irish Continental Group (ICGC), Renew (RNWH), Morgan Advanced Materials (MGAM), and ME Group International (MEGP). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Hargreaves Services vs.
Wincanton (LON:WIN) and Hargreaves Services (LON:HSP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.
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.
Hargreaves Services has a net margin of 5.82% compared to Wincanton's net margin of 1.85%. Wincanton's return on equity of 51.39% beat Hargreaves Services' return on equity.
In the previous week, Wincanton and Wincanton both had 1 articles in the media. Wincanton's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Hargreaves Services' score of 0.00 indicating that Wincanton is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Wincanton has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hargreaves Services has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 5.9%. 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 9,729.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
73.9% of Wincanton shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.0% of Hargreaves Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.3% of Wincanton shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of Hargreaves Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Wincanton beats Hargreaves Services on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HSP) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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