PGH vs. HUW, FBH, ADM, RSA, HSX, DLG, HSTG, ASLI, CBP, and ABD
Should you be buying Personal Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Personal Group include Helios Underwriting (HUW), FBD (FBH), Admiral Group (ADM), RSA Insurance Group (RSA), Hiscox (HSX), Direct Line Insurance Group (DLG), Hastings Group Holdings plc (HSTG.L) (HSTG), abrdn European Logistics Income (ASLI), Curtis Banks Group (CBP), and abrdn New Dawn (ABD).
Personal Group vs.
Personal Group (LON:PGH) and Helios Underwriting (LON:HUW) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
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 media.
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.
Personal Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 209, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Helios Underwriting has a consensus target price of GBX 239, suggesting a potential upside of 16.02%. Given Helios Underwriting's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Helios Underwriting is more favorable than Personal Group.
Personal Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share. Helios Underwriting pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. 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 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. Helios Underwriting is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
Personal Group has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helios Underwriting has a beta of 0.14, suggesting that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
40.3% of Personal Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.3% of Helios Underwriting shares are held by institutional investors. 43.9% of Personal Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 57.3% of Helios Underwriting shares are held by 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.
Summary
Helios Underwriting beats Personal Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:PGH) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
