HWG vs. HKLD, SHED, PRSR, MTVW, CLI, PCTN, IHR, THRL, LOK, and WHR
Should you be buying Harworth Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Harworth Group include Hongkong Land (HKLD), Urban Logistics REIT (SHED), Prs Reit (PRSR), Mountview Estates (MTVW), CLS (CLI), Picton Property Income (PCTN), Impact Healthcare REIT (IHR), Target Healthcare REIT (THRL), Lok'nStore Group (LOK), and Warehouse REIT (WHR). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Harworth Group (LON:HWG) and Hongkong Land (LON:HKLD) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and dividends.
Harworth Group has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hongkong Land has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Harworth Group received 216 more outperform votes than Hongkong Land when rated by MarketBeat users.
Harworth Group has a net margin of 52.41% compared to Hongkong Land's net margin of -31.57%. Harworth Group's return on equity of 6.12% beat Hongkong Land's return on equity.
Harworth Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Hongkong Land pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 296.9%. Harworth Group pays out 909.1% 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. Hongkong Land is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
38.7% of Harworth Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.1% of Hongkong Land shares are held by institutional investors. 52.6% of Harworth Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 53.4% of Hongkong Land shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Harworth Group had 1 more articles in the media than Hongkong Land. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Harworth Group and 3 mentions for Hongkong Land. Harworth Group's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Hongkong Land's score of -0.85 indicating that Harworth Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Harworth Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 180, indicating a potential upside of 31.97%. Given Harworth Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Harworth Group is more favorable than Hongkong Land.
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.
Summary
Harworth Group beats Hongkong Land on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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