LAND vs. UTG, LMP, BLND, BBOX, SHC, DLN, BYG, IWG, GRI, and SAFE
Should you be buying Land Securities Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Land Securities Group include Unite Group (UTG), LondonMetric Property (LMP), British Land (BLND), Tritax Big Box REIT (BBOX), Shaftesbury Capital (SHC), Derwent London (DLN), Big Yellow Group (BYG), IWG (IWG), Grainger (GRI), and Safestore (SAFE). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Land Securities Group (LON:LAND) and Unite Group (LON:UTG) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and valuation.
In the previous week, Land Securities Group had 13 more articles in the media than Unite Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Land Securities Group and 1 mentions for Unite Group. Land Securities Group's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Unite Group's score of -0.99 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 6.0%. Unite Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 35 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Land Securities Group pays out -4,878.0% 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. Land Securities Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Land Securities Group received 134 more outperform votes than Unite Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.17% of users gave Unite Group an outperform vote while only 62.88% of users gave Land Securities Group an outperform vote.
Unite Group has a net margin of 31.20% compared to Land Securities Group's net margin of -75.40%. Unite Group's return on equity of 2.62% beat Land Securities Group's return on equity.
76.0% of Land Securities Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.9% of Unite Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Land Securities Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Unite Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Unite Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Land Securities Group. Land Securities Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Unite Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Land Securities Group has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more 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.
Land Securities Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 675.40, suggesting a potential upside of 0.51%. Unite Group has a consensus target price of GBX 1,084.25, suggesting a potential upside of 13.47%. Given Unite Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Unite Group is more favorable than Land Securities Group.
Summary
Unite Group beats Land Securities Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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