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Helios Underwriting (HUW) Competitors

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GBX 206 +10.00 (+5.10%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

HUW vs. PGH, FBH, ADM, RSA, HSX, DLG, HSTG, BRGE, JEDT, and THRG

Should you be buying Helios Underwriting stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Helios Underwriting include Personal Group (PGH), FBD (FBH), Admiral Group (ADM), RSA Insurance Group (RSA), Hiscox (HSX), Direct Line Insurance Group (DLG), Hastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L) (HSTG), BlackRock Greater Europe (BRGE), JPMorgan European Discovery (JEDT), and BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG).

Helios Underwriting vs.

Helios Underwriting (LON:HUW) and Personal Group (LON:PGH) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Helios Underwriting pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Personal Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share. Helios Underwriting pays out 2,608.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Personal Group pays out 8,571.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Helios Underwriting is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Helios Underwriting had 4 more articles in the media than Personal Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Helios Underwriting and 1 mentions for Personal Group. Personal Group's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Helios Underwriting's score of 0.53 indicating that Personal Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Helios Underwriting
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Personal Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Helios Underwriting received 27 more outperform votes than Personal Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.28% of users gave Helios Underwriting an outperform vote while only 55.40% of users gave Personal Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Helios UnderwritingOutperform Votes
104
62.28%
Underperform Votes
63
37.72%
Personal GroupOutperform Votes
77
55.40%
Underperform Votes
62
44.60%

Helios Underwriting has a beta of 0.14, indicating that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Personal Group has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Helios Underwriting presently has a consensus target price of GBX 239, indicating a potential upside of 16.02%. Personal Group has a consensus target price of GBX 209, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Helios Underwriting's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Helios Underwriting is more favorable than Personal Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Helios Underwriting
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Personal Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

36.3% of Helios Underwriting shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.3% of Personal Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.3% of Helios Underwriting shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.9% of Personal Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Helios Underwriting has higher revenue and earnings than Personal Group. Personal Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Helios Underwriting, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Helios Underwriting£254.34M0.58£17.70M£0.23895.65
Personal Group£49.67M0.00£4.32M£0.14N/A

Personal Group has a net margin of 8.71% compared to Helios Underwriting's net margin of 6.96%. Helios Underwriting's return on equity of 13.74% beat Personal Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Helios Underwriting6.96% 13.74% 1.82%
Personal Group 8.71%13.73%7.99%

Summary

Helios Underwriting beats Personal Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HUW vs. The Competition

MetricHelios UnderwritingInsurance IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£146.96M£13.49B£3.66B£1.60B
Dividend Yield3.20%4.38%4.40%11.57%
P/E Ratio895.65180.79408.741,629.31
Price / Sales0.5855.852,500.36248,106.54
Price / Cash0.545.0142.0632.80
Price / Book1.082.081.482.88
Net Income£17.70M£994.73M£443.97M£172.51M
7 Day Performance10.46%1.93%1.17%-0.02%
1 Month Performance8.42%-0.08%1.96%-0.43%
1 Year Performance31.63%16.02%16.03%24.84%

Helios Underwriting Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HUW
Helios Underwriting
1.1693 of 5 stars
GBX 206
+5.1%
GBX 239
+16.0%
+31.2%£146.96M£254.34M895.653Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
PGH
Personal Group
3.1886 of 5 stars
GBX 199
flat
GBX 209
+5.0%
+27.2%£61.99M£49.67M1,421.43259
FBH
FBD
N/AGBX 12.95
-1.5%
N/AN/A£5.26M£422.78M6.82950
ADM
Admiral Group
0.8036 of 5 stars
GBX 2,431
+1.2%
GBX 2,620.50
+7.8%
-8.9%£7.21B£4.12B1,855.7342,000
RSA
RSA Insurance Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£7.10B£6.55B22.2111,840
HSX
Hiscox
N/AGBX 1,036
+2.2%
GBX 1,248.33
+20.5%
+2.6%£3.52B£3.78B648.413,000
DLG
Direct Line Insurance Group
2.5594 of 5 stars
GBX 155.20
+0.4%
GBX 217.25
+40.0%
-15.9%£2.02B£3.38B670.0010,131News Coverage
HSTG
Hastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L)
N/AGBX 249.60
flat
N/A+0.0%£1.65B£763.70M19.053,372High Trading Volume
BRGE
BlackRock Greater Europe
N/AGBX 535
-0.9%
N/A+2.9%£529.06M£124.08M465.22N/APositive News
High Trading Volume
JEDT
JPMorgan European Discovery
N/AGBX 438
flat
N/A+11.0%£525.03M£49.74M1,682.82N/ANews Coverage
THRG
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust
N/AGBX 588
+0.5%
N/A+1.4%£519.91M£98.34M618.95N/APositive News

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This page (LON:HUW) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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