Harworth Group (HWG) Competitors

Harworth Group (LON:HWG) and Hongkong Land (LON:HKLD) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.

Which has more volatility and risk, HWG or HKLD?

Harworth Group has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hongkong Land has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation and earnings, HWG or HKLD?

Harworth Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hongkong Land. Hongkong Land is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Harworth Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Harworth Group	£95.50M	5.93	£49.89M	£0.15	1,166.67
Hongkong Land	£1.84B	0.00	-£582.30M	-£0.26	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of HWG or HKLD?

35.7% of Harworth Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.0% of Hongkong Land shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.4% of Harworth Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 53.4% of Hongkong Land shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is HWG or HKLD more profitable?

Harworth Group has a net margin of 52.25% compared to Hongkong Land's net margin of -31.57%. Harworth Group's return on equity of 7.96% beat Hongkong Land's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Harworth Group	52.25%	7.96%	-1.45%
Hongkong Land	-31.57%	-1.77%	1.15%

Does the media favor HWG or HKLD?

In the previous week, Harworth Group had 1 more articles in the media than Hongkong Land. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Harworth Group and 1 mentions for Hongkong Land. Hongkong Land's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Harworth Group's score of 0.22 indicating that Hongkong Land is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Harworth Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Hongkong Land	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is HWG or HKLD a better dividend stock?

Harworth Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Hongkong Land pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share. Harworth Group pays out 1,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hongkong Land pays out -8,461.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HWG or HKLD?

Harworth Group received 216 more outperform votes than Hongkong Land when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Harworth Group	Outperform Votes 216 83.40%	Underperform Votes 43 16.60%
Hongkong Land	N/A	N/A

Summary

Harworth Group beats Hongkong Land on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.