DLN vs. GPE, WKP, BYG, SHC, IWG, GRI, 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), IWG (IWG), Grainger (GRI), Tritax Big Box REIT (BBOX), Safestore (SAFE), Savills (SVS), and Hammerson (HMSO). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Derwent London (LON:DLN) and Great Portland Estates (LON:GPE) are both real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
Great Portland Estates has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Derwent London's net margin of -177.76%. Derwent London's return on equity of -12.56% beat Great Portland Estates' return on equity.
Derwent London currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,212.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.49%. Great Portland Estates has a consensus price target of GBX 476.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.79%. Given Great Portland Estates' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Great Portland Estates is more favorable than Derwent London.
76.4% of Derwent London shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.5% of Great Portland Estates shares are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of Derwent London shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Great Portland Estates shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Derwent London has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great Portland Estates has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Great Portland Estates has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
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.
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.
Derwent London pays an annual dividend of GBX 80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Great Portland Estates pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Derwent London pays out -1,886.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Great Portland Estates pays out -992.4% 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.
Summary
Derwent London and Great Portland Estates tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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