UTG vs. LMP, LAND, BLND, BBOX, SHC, DLN, BYG, GRI, IWG, and SAFE
Should you be buying Unite Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Unite Group include LondonMetric Property (LMP), Land Securities Group (LAND), British Land (BLND), Tritax Big Box (BBOX), Shaftesbury Capital (SHC), Derwent London (DLN), Big Yellow Group (BYG), Grainger (GRI), IWG (IWG), and Safestore (SAFE). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
LondonMetric Property (LON:LMP) and Unite Group (LON:UTG) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and valuation.
LondonMetric Property pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Unite Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 35 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. LondonMetric Property pays out -5,263.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Unite Group pays out 14,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. LondonMetric Property is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, LondonMetric Property had 1 more articles in the media than Unite Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for LondonMetric Property and 0 mentions for Unite Group. Unite Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled LondonMetric Property'saverage media sentiment score.
LondonMetric Property has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unite Group has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
51.1% of LondonMetric Property shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.2% of Unite Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of LondonMetric Property shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Unite Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
LondonMetric Property currently has a consensus price target of GBX 229.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.91%. Unite Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,084.25, indicating a potential upside of 16.34%. Given Unite Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe LondonMetric Property is more favorable than Unite Group.
Unite Group has higher revenue and earnings than LondonMetric Property. LondonMetric Property is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Unite Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Unite Group has a net margin of 31.20% compared to Unite Group's net margin of -124.25%. LondonMetric Property's return on equity of 2.62% beat Unite Group's return on equity.
Unite Group received 48 more outperform votes than LondonMetric Property when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.17% of users gave Unite Group an outperform vote while only 56.51% of users gave LondonMetric Property an outperform vote.
Summary
Unite Group beats LondonMetric Property on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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