LMP vs. UTG, BLND, LAND, BBOX, SHC, DLN, BYG, GRI, IWG, and SAFE
Should you be buying LondonMetric Property stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LondonMetric Property include Unite Group (UTG), British Land (BLND), Land Securities Group (LAND), Tritax Big Box REIT (BBOX), Shaftesbury Capital (SHC), Derwent London (DLN), Big Yellow Group (BYG), Grainger (GRI), IWG (IWG), and Safestore (SAFE). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Unite Group (LON:UTG) and LondonMetric Property (LON:LMP) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Unite Group has a net margin of 31.20% compared to Unite Group's net margin of -124.25%. LondonMetric Property's return on equity of 2.62% beat Unite Group's return on equity.
85.9% of Unite Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.8% of LondonMetric Property shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Unite Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of LondonMetric Property shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Unite Group and Unite Group both had 1 articles in the media. Unite Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat LondonMetric Property's score of -0.99 indicating that LondonMetric Property is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Unite Group has higher revenue and earnings than LondonMetric Property. LondonMetric Property is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Unite Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Unite Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 35 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. LondonMetric Property pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. 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. LondonMetric Property pays out -5,263.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LondonMetric Property is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Unite Group received 48 more outperform votes than LondonMetric Property when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.17% of users gave Unite Group an outperform vote while only 56.51% of users gave LondonMetric Property an outperform vote.
Unite Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,084.25, indicating a potential upside of 13.47%. LondonMetric Property has a consensus price target of GBX 229.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.70%. Given LondonMetric Property's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Unite Group is more favorable than LondonMetric Property.
Unite Group has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LondonMetric Property has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Unite Group beats LondonMetric Property on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LMP 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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