DLN vs. GPE, WKP, BYG, SHC, GRI, IWG, BBOX, SAFE, SVS, and HMSO
Should you be buying Derwent London stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Derwent London include Great Portland Estates (GPE), Workspace Group (WKP), Big Yellow Group (BYG), Shaftesbury Capital (SHC), Grainger (GRI), IWG (IWG), Tritax Big Box (BBOX), Safestore (SAFE), Savills (SVS), and Hammerson (HMSO). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Great Portland Estates (LON:GPE) and Derwent London (LON:DLN) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Derwent London received 373 more outperform votes than Great Portland Estates when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.00% of users gave Great Portland Estates an outperform vote while only 51.33% of users gave Derwent London an outperform vote.
78.3% of Great Portland Estates shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of Derwent London shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Great Portland Estates shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of Derwent London shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Great Portland Estates presently has a consensus price target of GBX 476.50, indicating a potential upside of 22.02%. Derwent London has a consensus price target of GBX 2,212.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.35%. Given Derwent London's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Great Portland Estates is more favorable than Derwent London.
Great Portland Estates pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Derwent London pays an annual dividend of GBX 80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Great Portland Estates pays out -992.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Derwent London pays out -1,886.8% 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. Derwent London is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Great Portland Estates has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Great Portland Estates' net margin of -178.16%. Great Portland Estates' return on equity of -12.56% beat Derwent London's return on equity.
Great Portland Estates has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Derwent London. Derwent London is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Great Portland Estates, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Great Portland Estates has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Derwent London has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Derwent London had 1 more articles in the media than Great Portland Estates. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Derwent London and 0 mentions for Great Portland Estates. Derwent London's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Great Portland Estates'average media sentiment score.
Summary
Great Portland Estates and Derwent London tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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