SGRO vs. LAND, UTG, LMP, BLND, BBOX, BYG, SAFE, UKCM, SHED, and WHR
Should you be buying SEGRO stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SEGRO include Land Securities Group (LAND), Unite Group (UTG), LondonMetric Property (LMP), British Land (BLND), Tritax Big Box REIT (BBOX), Big Yellow Group (BYG), Safestore (SAFE), UK Commercial Property REIT (UKCM), Urban Logistics REIT (SHED), and Warehouse REIT (WHR). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Land Securities Group (LON:LAND) and SEGRO (LON:SGRO) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, SEGRO had 3 more articles in the media than Land Securities Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for SEGRO and 1 mentions for Land Securities Group. SEGRO's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Land Securities Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Land Securities Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Land Securities Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. SEGRO pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Land Securities Group pays out -4,878.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SEGRO pays out -13,333.3% 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.
77.2% of Land Securities Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.1% of SEGRO shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Land Securities Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of SEGRO shares are owned 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.
SEGRO received 30 more outperform votes than Land Securities Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.90% of users gave Land Securities Group an outperform vote while only 51.58% of users gave SEGRO an outperform vote.
SEGRO has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Land Securities Group. SEGRO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Land Securities Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SEGRO has a net margin of -33.78% compared to SEGRO's net margin of -75.40%. Land Securities Group's return on equity of -2.27% beat SEGRO's return on equity.
Land Securities Group has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEGRO has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Land Securities Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 675.33, indicating a potential upside of 3.26%. SEGRO has a consensus price target of GBX 982, indicating a potential upside of 14.88%. Given Land Securities Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SEGRO is more favorable than Land Securities Group.
Summary
SEGRO beats Land Securities Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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