SAFE vs. MLI, LAND, LMP, UTG, BLND, BBOX, SHC, DLN, BYG, and IWG
Should you be buying Safestore stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Safestore include Industrials REIT (MLI), Land Securities Group (LAND), LondonMetric Property (LMP), Unite Group (UTG), British Land (BLND), Tritax Big Box REIT (BBOX), Shaftesbury Capital (SHC), Derwent London (DLN), Big Yellow Group (BYG), and IWG (IWG). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Industrials REIT (LON:MLI) and Safestore (LON:SAFE) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Industrials REIT had 2 more articles in the media than Safestore. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Industrials REIT and 1 mentions for Safestore. Safestore's average media sentiment score of 0.08 beat Industrials REIT's score of 0.00 indicating that Industrials REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Industrials REIT pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Safestore pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Industrials REIT pays out 4,375.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Safestore pays out 3,370.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Safestore has higher revenue and earnings than Industrials REIT. Safestore is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Industrials REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Safestore received 618 more outperform votes than Industrials REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 92.86% of users gave Industrials REIT an outperform vote while only 78.78% of users gave Safestore an outperform vote.
58.8% of Industrials REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.7% of Safestore shares are held by institutional investors. 17.6% of Industrials REIT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Safestore shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Industrials REIT has a net margin of 94.51% compared to Industrials REIT's net margin of 89.29%. Industrials REIT's return on equity of 10.74% beat Safestore's return on equity.
Industrials REIT has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Safestore has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Safestore beats Industrials REIT on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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