HMSO vs. SHC, SRE, SVS, PHP, AGR, SAFE, GPE, WKP, SUPR, and IWG
Should you be buying Hammerson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hammerson include Shaftesbury Capital (SHC), Sirius Real Estate (SRE), Savills (SVS), Primary Health Properties (PHP), Assura (AGR), Safestore (SAFE), Great Portland Estates (GPE), Workspace Group (WKP), Supermarket Income REIT (SUPR), and IWG (IWG). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Hammerson (LON:HMSO) and Shaftesbury Capital (LON:SHC) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Hammerson has a beta of 2.28, meaning that its share price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shaftesbury Capital has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
60.3% of Hammerson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.2% of Shaftesbury Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 20.1% of Hammerson shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Shaftesbury Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hammerson pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Shaftesbury Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Hammerson pays out -20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shaftesbury Capital pays out 666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hammerson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Hammerson received 529 more outperform votes than Shaftesbury Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Shaftesbury Capital an outperform vote while only 57.58% of users gave Hammerson an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Shaftesbury Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Hammerson. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Shaftesbury Capital and 1 mentions for Hammerson. Hammerson's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Shaftesbury Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that Hammerson is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hammerson presently has a consensus target price of GBX 34, indicating a potential upside of 26.02%. Shaftesbury Capital has a consensus target price of GBX 154.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.44%. Given Hammerson's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hammerson is more favorable than Shaftesbury Capital.
Shaftesbury Capital has a net margin of 378.99% compared to Hammerson's net margin of -21.30%. Shaftesbury Capital's return on equity of 29.77% beat Hammerson's return on equity.
Shaftesbury Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hammerson. Hammerson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shaftesbury Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Hammerson and Shaftesbury Capital tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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