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Helios Underwriting (HUW) Competitors

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GBX 182.50
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(As of 11/4/2024 ET)

HUW vs. PGH, FBH, ADM, RSA, HSX, DLG, HSTG, EOT, THRG, and PHI

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), European Opportunities Trust (EOT), BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG), and Pacific Horizon Investment Trust (PHI).

Helios Underwriting vs.

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Helios Underwriting£254.34M0.52£17.70M£0.23803.26
Personal Group£49.67M1.19£4.32M£0.141,357.14

In the previous week, Personal Group had 2 more articles in the media than Helios Underwriting. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Personal Group and 0 mentions for Helios Underwriting. Personal Group's average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat Helios Underwriting's score of 0.00 indicating that Personal Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Helios Underwriting Neutral
Personal Group Neutral

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%

Helios Underwriting received 26 more outperform votes than Personal Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.05% of users gave Helios Underwriting an outperform vote while only 55.40% of users gave Personal Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Helios UnderwritingOutperform Votes
103
62.05%
Underperform Votes
63
37.95%
Personal GroupOutperform Votes
77
55.40%
Underperform Votes
62
44.60%

Personal Group has a consensus target price of GBX 209, indicating a potential upside of 10.00%. Given Personal Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Personal Group is more favorable than Helios Underwriting.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Helios Underwriting
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
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 insiders. Comparatively, 43.9% of Personal Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Helios Underwriting pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Personal Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. 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 has a beta of 0.14, indicating that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Personal Group has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Personal Group beats Helios Underwriting on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HUW vs. The Competition

MetricHelios UnderwritingInsurance IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£131.80M£9.91B£3.15B£1.40B
Dividend Yield3.20%4.51%4.61%11.82%
P/E Ratio803.26220.17431.191,566.47
Price / Sales0.5270.402,979.52210,811.83
Price / Cash0.546.6248.0026.69
Price / Book0.972.142.272.86
Net Income£17.70M£884.69M£394.92M£153.77M
7 Day Performance0.96%-1.02%6.18%4.76%
1 Month Performance-1.20%-2.59%-0.03%3.35%
1 Year Performance20.75%16.80%16.22%107.00%

Helios Underwriting Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HUW
Helios Underwriting
N/AGBX 182.50
flat
N/A+18.4%£130.20M£254.34M793.483
PGH
Personal Group
0.7621 of 5 stars
GBX 190
+1.6%
GBX 209
+10.0%
+12.1%£59.19M£49.67M1,357.14259
FBH
FBD
N/AGBX 12.95
-1.5%
N/AN/A£5.26M£422.78M6.82950
ADM
Admiral Group
1.1056 of 5 stars
GBX 2,553
-0.4%
GBX 2,620.50
+2.6%
+2.9%£7.57B£4.12B1,948.8542,000
RSA
RSA Insurance Group
N/AGBX 684.20
flat
N/AN/A£7.10B£6.55B22.2111,840
HSX
Hiscox
N/AGBX 1,062.82
-2.9%
GBX 1,261.25
+18.7%
+13.5%£3.61B£3.78B676.953,000
DLG
Direct Line Insurance Group
3.4199 of 5 stars
GBX 163.90
-0.4%
GBX 217.25
+32.6%
+4.1%£2.13B£3.38B712.6110,131Positive News
HSTG
Hastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L)
N/AGBX 249.60
flat
N/AN/A£1.65B£763.70M19.053,372High Trading Volume
EOT
European Opportunities Trust
N/AGBX 823
-0.5%
N/A+4.6%£526.23M£111.39M728.32N/A
THRG
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust
N/AGBX 592.60
-0.4%
N/A+8.0%£523.98M£98.34M623.79N/ANews Coverage
High Trading Volume
PHI
Pacific Horizon Investment Trust
N/AGBX 571
-0.7%
N/A+8.7%£517.04M£42.42M1,903.3318,800

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This page (LON:HUW) was last updated on 11/4/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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