HTWS vs. GAMA, ZEG, AAF, BCG, MONY, SONG, YOU, KWS, NFG, and ASCL
Should you be buying Helios Towers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Helios Towers include Gamma Communications (GAMA), Zegona Communications (ZEG), Airtel Africa (AAF), Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG), Moneysupermarket.com Group (MONY), Hipgnosis Songs (SONG), YouGov (YOU), Keywords Studios (KWS), Next 15 Group (NFG), and Ascential (ASCL). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
Gamma Communications (LON:GAMA) and Helios Towers (LON:HTWS) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
Gamma Communications presently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,035, suggesting a potential upside of 43.92%. Helios Towers has a consensus price target of GBX 95, suggesting a potential downside of 13.64%. Given Helios Towers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Gamma Communications is more favorable than Helios Towers.
Gamma Communications received 166 more outperform votes than Helios Towers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.66% of users gave Gamma Communications an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Helios Towers an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Helios Towers had 1 more articles in the media than Gamma Communications. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Helios Towers and 2 mentions for Gamma Communications. Helios Towers' average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Gamma Communications' score of 0.26 indicating that Gamma Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Gamma Communications has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helios Towers has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
76.6% of Gamma Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.8% of Helios Towers shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Gamma Communications shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Helios Towers shares are held 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.
Gamma Communications has a net margin of 10.27% compared to Gamma Communications' net margin of -13.88%. Helios Towers' return on equity of 16.68% beat Gamma Communications' return on equity.
Gamma Communications has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Helios Towers. Helios Towers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gamma Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Gamma Communications beats Helios Towers on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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