HLCL vs. TPFG, LSL, FOXT, PSDL, LOK, MTVW, GR1T, BOOT, SOHO, and NRR
Should you be buying Helical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Helical include The Property Franchise Group (TPFG), LSL Property Services (LSL), Foxtons Group (FOXT), Phoenix Spree Deutschland (PSDL), Lok'nStore Group (LOK), Mountview Estates (MTVW), Grit Real Estate Income Group (GR1T), Henry Boot (BOOT), Triple Point Social Housing REIT (SOHO), and NewRiver REIT (NRR). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Helical (LON:HLCL) and The Property Franchise Group (LON:TPFG) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.
The Property Franchise Group has a net margin of 27.06% compared to Helical's net margin of 0.00%. The Property Franchise Group's return on equity of 20.21% beat Helical's return on equity.
Helical has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Property Franchise Group has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Helical presently has a consensus price target of GBX 351.50, suggesting a potential upside of 74.44%. The Property Franchise Group has a consensus price target of GBX 459.50, suggesting a potential upside of 19.66%. Given Helical's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Helical is more favorable than The Property Franchise Group.
Helical received 197 more outperform votes than The Property Franchise Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.65% of users gave Helical an outperform vote while only 68.08% of users gave The Property Franchise Group an outperform vote.
Helical pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. The Property Franchise Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Helical pays out -839.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Property Franchise Group pays out 5,652.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Helical is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
75.3% of Helical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.5% of The Property Franchise Group shares are held by institutional investors. 15.3% of Helical shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of The Property Franchise Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
The Property Franchise Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Helical. Helical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Property Franchise Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, The Property Franchise Group had 10 more articles in the media than Helical. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for The Property Franchise Group and 1 mentions for Helical. Helical's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat The Property Franchise Group's score of 0.64 indicating that Helical is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Helical and The Property Franchise Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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