CLI vs. RGL, GPE, WKP, CREI, IHR, LOK, WHR, PCTN, MTVW, and LSL
Should you be buying CLS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CLS include Regional REIT (RGL), Great Portland Estates (GPE), Workspace Group (WKP), Custodian Property Income REIT (CREI), Impact Healthcare REIT (IHR), Lok'nStore Group (LOK), Warehouse REIT (WHR), Picton Property Income (PCTN), Mountview Estates (MTVW), and LSL Property Services (LSL). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
CLS (LON:CLI) and Regional REIT (LON:RGL) 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, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and community ranking.
31.6% of CLS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.9% of Regional REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 66.3% of CLS shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of Regional REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
CLS received 194 more outperform votes than Regional REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.65% of users gave CLS an outperform vote while only 77.48% of users gave Regional REIT an outperform vote.
Regional REIT has a net margin of -73.42% compared to CLS's net margin of -167.99%. Regional REIT's return on equity of -19.03% beat CLS's return on equity.
CLS has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regional REIT has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Regional REIT had 1 more articles in the media than CLS. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Regional REIT and 0 mentions for CLS. Regional REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat CLS's score of 0.00 indicating that Regional REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CLS pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. Regional REIT pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 20.5%. CLS pays out -1,269.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Regional REIT pays out -3,846.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Regional REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
CLS presently has a consensus price target of GBX 114, suggesting a potential upside of 32.25%. Given CLS's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CLS is more favorable than Regional REIT.
Regional REIT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CLS. Regional REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CLS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
CLS beats Regional REIT on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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