British Land (BLND) Competitors

British Land (LON:BLND) and Avast (LON:AVST) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BLND or AVST?

British Land received 514 more outperform votes than Avast when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.02% of users gave Avast an outperform vote while only 63.84% of users gave British Land an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
British Land	Outperform Votes 625 63.84%	Underperform Votes 354 36.16%
Avast	Outperform Votes 111 81.02%	Underperform Votes 26 18.98%

Does the media prefer BLND or AVST?

In the previous week, British Land and British Land both had 1 articles in the media. Avast's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat British Land's score of -0.46 indicating that Avast is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
British Land	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Avast	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BLND or AVST?

69.4% of British Land shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of British Land shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BLND or AVST more profitable?

Avast has a net margin of 0.00% compared to British Land's net margin of -0.15%. British Land's return on equity of 0.02% beat Avast's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
British Land	-0.15%	0.02%	3.37%
Avast	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BLND or AVST?

Avast has higher revenue and earnings than British Land.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
British Land	£670M	5.57	-£1M	N/A	N/A
Avast	£940.10M	0.00	N/A	£0.23	N/A

Is BLND or AVST a better dividend stock?

British Land pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Avast pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.16 per share. Avast pays out 69.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts rate BLND or AVST?

British Land currently has a consensus price target of GBX 448.33, suggesting a potential upside of 19.94%. Given British Land's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe British Land is more favorable than Avast.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
British Land	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Avast	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

British Land beats Avast on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.