HTWS vs. ZEG, ISAT, GAMA, TALK, KCOM, MANX, MAI, BBB, ORNT, and TOOP
Should you be buying Helios Towers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Helios Towers include Zegona Communications (ZEG), Inmarsat (ISAT), Gamma Communications (GAMA), TalkTalk Telecom Group (TALK), KCOM Group (KCOM), Manx Telecom (MANX), Maintel (MAI), Bigblu Broadband (BBB), Orient Telecoms (ORNT), and Toople (TOOP). These companies are all part of the "telecom services" industry.
Helios Towers vs.
Helios Towers (LON:HTWS) and Zegona Communications (LON:ZEG) are both communication services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Zegona Communications has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Helios Towers' net margin of -10.52%. Helios Towers' return on equity of 152.87% beat Zegona Communications' return on equity.
In the previous week, Zegona Communications had 3 more articles in the media than Helios Towers. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Zegona Communications and 0 mentions for Helios Towers. Helios Towers' average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Zegona Communications' score of 0.10 indicating that Helios Towers is being referred to more favorably in the media.
72.2% of Helios Towers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.6% of Zegona Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Helios Towers shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 74.7% of Zegona Communications shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Helios Towers currently has a consensus price target of GBX 220, indicating a potential upside of 111.13%. Zegona Communications has a consensus price target of GBX 637.50, indicating a potential downside of 8.93%. Given Helios Towers' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Helios Towers is more favorable than Zegona Communications.
Zegona Communications received 90 more outperform votes than Helios Towers when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.70% of users gave Helios Towers an outperform vote while only 69.33% of users gave Zegona Communications an outperform vote.
Helios Towers has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zegona Communications has a beta of 2.8, indicating that its stock price is 180% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Zegona Communications has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Helios Towers. Zegona Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Helios Towers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Helios Towers beats Zegona Communications on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HTWS) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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