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Jardine Matheson (JAR) Competitors

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GBX 62.50 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 03/27/2025

JAR vs. HLMA, CGEO, MSI, JARB, RFX, FIH, STRL, VCBC, BASK, and PHSC

Should you be buying Jardine Matheson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jardine Matheson include Halma (HLMA), Georgia Capital (CGEO), MS INTERNATIONAL (MSI), Jardine Matheson (JARB), Ramsdens (RFX), FIH group (FIH), Stirling Industries (STRL), Vertu Capital (VCBC), Baskerville Capital (BASK), and PHSC (PHSC). These companies are all part of the "conglomerates" industry.

Jardine Matheson vs.

Halma (LON:HLMA) and Jardine Matheson (LON:JAR) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Halma had 4 more articles in the media than Jardine Matheson. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Halma and 1 mentions for Jardine Matheson. Halma's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Jardine Matheson's score of 0.00 indicating that Halma is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Halma
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Jardine Matheson
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Halma currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,587.50, suggesting a potential downside of 1.39%. Given Halma's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Halma is more favorable than Jardine Matheson.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Halma
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Jardine Matheson
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Halma pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Jardine Matheson pays an annual dividend of GBX 225 per share and has a dividend yield of 360.0%. Halma pays out 30.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jardine Matheson pays out 51,420.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Jardine Matheson has higher revenue and earnings than Halma. Halma is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jardine Matheson, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Halma£2.03B4.87£268.37M£71.4836.71
Jardine Matheson£2.28T0.01£5.21B£0.44142.83

Halma has a net margin of 13.21% compared to Jardine Matheson's net margin of 0.23%. Halma's return on equity of 15.87% beat Jardine Matheson's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Halma13.21% 15.87% 8.13%
Jardine Matheson 0.23%0.28%2.53%

Halma has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jardine Matheson has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Halma received 324 more outperform votes than Jardine Matheson when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.75% of users gave Jardine Matheson an outperform vote while only 56.71% of users gave Halma an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HalmaOutperform Votes
414
56.71%
Underperform Votes
316
43.29%
Jardine MathesonOutperform Votes
90
64.75%
Underperform Votes
49
35.25%

55.6% of Halma shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.0% of Jardine Matheson shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Halma shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 33.4% of Jardine Matheson shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Halma beats Jardine Matheson on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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JAR vs. The Competition

MetricJardine MathesonConglomerates IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£11.64B£1.89B£6.86B£2.62B
Dividend Yield5.51%3.99%3.55%4.82%
P/E Ratio142.834.1320.75141.21
Price / Sales0.0186.5375.36284,295.48
Price / Cash0.0214.8126.8328.19
Price / Book0.003.753.694.60
Net Income£5.21B£480.34M£793.45M£5.84B
7 Day Performance47.96%0.31%-0.69%1.43%
1 Month PerformanceN/A1.13%-1.14%7.42%
1 Year PerformanceN/A-2.83%17.91%31.20%

Jardine Matheson Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JAR
Jardine Matheson
N/AGBX 62.50
flat
N/AN/A£11.64B£2.28T142.83425,000
HLMA
Halma
0.685 of 5 stars
GBX 2,654
+0.3%
GBX 2,587.50
-2.5%
+10.8%£9.99B£2.03B37.138,000Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
CGEO
Georgia Capital
N/AGBX 1,524
+1.5%
N/A+17.6%£590.58M£268.07M3.7619,815High Trading Volume
MSI
MS INTERNATIONAL
N/AGBX 1,010
-1.9%
N/A+28.2%£160.30M£107.14M14.08455
JARB
Jardine Matheson
N/AN/AN/AN/A£151.19M£35.12B6.71443,000Gap Up
High Trading Volume
RFX
Ramsdens
N/AGBX 220.20
-1.0%
N/A+15.3%£70.54M£89.46M8.98784
FIH
FIH group
N/AGBX 218
-1.8%
N/A-0.2%£27.47M£52.79M13.97380Dividend Cut
Gap Down
STRL
Stirling Industries
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.80MN/A-1.02N/AGap Down
VCBC
Vertu Capital
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.87MN/A-13.00N/A
BASK
Baskerville Capital
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.65MN/A-6.90N/AGap Down
PHSC
PHSC
N/AGBX 16.87
-0.7%
N/A-36.5%£1.65M£3.34M7.1134High Trading Volume
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This page (LON:JAR) was last updated on 3/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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