WKP vs. DLN, GPE, CLI, RGL, LMP, UTG, BLND, BBOX, SHC, and BYG
Should you be buying Workspace Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Workspace Group include Derwent London (DLN), Great Portland Estates (GPE), CLS (CLI), Regional REIT (RGL), LondonMetric Property (LMP), Unite Group (UTG), British Land (BLND), Tritax Big Box REIT (BBOX), Shaftesbury Capital (SHC), and Big Yellow Group (BYG). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Derwent London (LON:DLN) and Workspace Group (LON:WKP) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.
Workspace Group has a net margin of -121.30% compared to Workspace Group's net margin of -177.76%. Workspace Group's return on equity of -12.56% beat Derwent London's return on equity.
Derwent London pays an annual dividend of GBX 80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Workspace Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Derwent London pays out -1,886.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Workspace Group pays out -2,241.4% 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. Workspace Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Workspace Group had 1 more articles in the media than Derwent London. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Workspace Group and 1 mentions for Derwent London. Workspace Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Derwent London's score of 0.57 indicating that Derwent London is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Workspace Group received 160 more outperform votes than Derwent London when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.23% of users gave Workspace Group an outperform vote while only 51.33% of users gave Derwent London an outperform vote.
Derwent London has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Workspace Group has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Derwent London currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,212.50, indicating a potential downside of 4.96%. Workspace Group has a consensus target price of GBX 714.50, indicating a potential upside of 33.55%. Given Derwent London's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Workspace Group is more favorable than Derwent London.
76.2% of Derwent London shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.7% of Workspace Group shares are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of Derwent London shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.0% of Workspace Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Workspace Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Derwent London. Derwent London is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Workspace Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Workspace Group beats Derwent London on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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