DLN vs. GPE, WKP, CLI, RGL, LAND, LMP, UTG, BLND, BBOX, and SHC
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), CLS (CLI), Regional REIT (RGL), Land Securities Group (LAND), LondonMetric Property (LMP), Unite Group (UTG), British Land (BLND), Tritax Big Box REIT (BBOX), and Shaftesbury Capital (SHC). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Great Portland Estates (LON:GPE) and Derwent London (LON:DLN) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and media sentiment.
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.
Great Portland Estates pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Derwent London pays an annual dividend of GBX 80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Great Portland Estates pays out -1,238.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Derwent London pays out -1,886.8% 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.
Great Portland Estates has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Derwent London has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Derwent London has a net margin of -177.76% compared to Derwent London's net margin of -292.59%. Great Portland Estates' return on equity of -12.56% beat Derwent London's return on equity.
Great Portland Estates has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
77.6% of Great Portland Estates shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.2% of Derwent London shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Great Portland Estates shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of Derwent London shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Great Portland Estates had 6 more articles in the media than Derwent London. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Great Portland Estates and 1 mentions for Derwent London. Great Portland Estates' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Derwent London's score of 0.45 indicating that Derwent London is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Great Portland Estates currently has a consensus target price of GBX 476.50, suggesting a potential upside of 37.92%. Derwent London has a consensus target price of GBX 2,212.50, suggesting a potential downside of 4.96%. Given Derwent London's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Great Portland Estates is more favorable than Derwent London.
Summary
Great Portland Estates beats Derwent London on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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