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.
Zegona Communications (LON:ZEG) and Helios Towers (LON:HTWS) are both communication services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation and risk.
Zegona Communications has a beta of 2.8, indicating that its stock price is 180% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helios Towers has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Zegona Communications has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Helios Towers' net margin of -10.50%. Zegona Communications' return on equity of -2.61% beat Helios Towers' return on equity.
Zegona Communications has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Helios Towers. Helios Towers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zegona Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
21.6% of Zegona Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Helios Towers shares are held by institutional investors. 74.7% of Zegona Communications shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Helios Towers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Zegona Communications currently has a consensus price target of GBX 637.50, suggesting a potential upside of 62.63%. Helios Towers has a consensus price target of GBX 230, suggesting a potential upside of 157.27%. Given Helios Towers' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Helios Towers is more favorable than Zegona Communications.
Zegona Communications received 90 more outperform votes than Helios Towers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.14% of users gave Zegona Communications an outperform vote while only 68.75% of users gave Helios Towers an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Zegona Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Helios Towers' score of 0.00 indicating that Zegona Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Zegona Communications beats Helios Towers on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HTWS) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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