BLND vs. LAND, LMP, UTG, GPOR, SIR, DIGS, HBRN, BCPT, RDI, and MKLW
Should you be buying British Land stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of British Land include Land Securities Group (LAND), LondonMetric Property (LMP), Unite Group (UTG), Great Portland Estates (GPOR), Secure Income REIT (SIR), GCP Student Living (DIGS), Hibernia REIT (HBRN), Balanced Commercial Property Trust (BCPT), Rdi Reit (RDI), and A & J Mucklow Group P L C (MKLW). These companies are all part of the "reit - diversified" industry.
British Land (LON:BLND) and Land Securities Group (LON:LAND) 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 earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, British Land had 4 more articles in the media than Land Securities Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for British Land and 3 mentions for Land Securities Group. Land Securities Group's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat British Land's score of 0.43 indicating that Land Securities Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
British Land currently has a consensus target price of GBX 397.80, indicating a potential downside of 9.14%. Land Securities Group has a consensus target price of GBX 663, indicating a potential upside of 1.61%. Given Land Securities Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Land Securities Group is more favorable than British Land.
British Land pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Land Securities Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. British Land pays out -1,932.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Land Securities Group pays out -9,302.3% 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. Land Securities Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
British Land has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Land Securities Group. Land Securities Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than British Land, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Land Securities Group received 3 more outperform votes than British Land when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.86% of users gave British Land an outperform vote while only 62.88% of users gave Land Securities Group an outperform vote.
British Land has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Land Securities Group has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
70.5% of British Land shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.7% of Land Securities Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of British Land shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Land Securities Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
British Land has a net margin of -0.15% compared to Land Securities Group's net margin of -38.71%. British Land's return on equity of 0.02% beat Land Securities Group's return on equity.
Summary
British Land beats Land Securities Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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