IWG vs. GRI, SVS, BYG, SAFE, DLN, HMSO, SRE, SHC, PHP, and AGR
Should you be buying IWG stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IWG include Grainger (GRI), Savills (SVS), Big Yellow Group (BYG), Safestore (SAFE), Derwent London (DLN), Hammerson (HMSO), Sirius Real Estate (SRE), Shaftesbury Capital (SHC), Primary Health Properties (PHP), and Assura (AGR). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Grainger (LON:GRI) and IWG (LON:IWG) are both real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.
Grainger has higher earnings, but lower revenue than IWG. IWG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grainger, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Grainger had 1 more articles in the media than IWG. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Grainger and 3 mentions for IWG. IWG's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Grainger's score of 0.25 indicating that Grainger is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Grainger pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. IWG pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Grainger pays out 23,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. IWG pays out -952.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Grainger has a net margin of 9.58% compared to Grainger's net margin of -7.27%. IWG's return on equity of 1.31% beat Grainger's return on equity.
Grainger received 410 more outperform votes than IWG when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.01% of users gave Grainger an outperform vote while only 62.19% of users gave IWG an outperform vote.
86.3% of Grainger shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.8% of IWG shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Grainger shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 28.9% of IWG shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Grainger has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IWG has a beta of 1.99, suggesting that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Grainger currently has a consensus target price of GBX 270, indicating a potential upside of 4.65%. IWG has a consensus target price of GBX 215, indicating a potential upside of 5.08%. Given Grainger's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe IWG is more favorable than Grainger.
Summary
Grainger beats IWG on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding IWG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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