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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and risk.

Do analysts prefer BLND or AVST?

British Land presently has a consensus price target of GBX 448.33, suggesting a potential upside of 14.37%. Given British Land's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly 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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, BLND or AVST?

British Land has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Avast. Avast is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than British Land, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
British Land	£533.92M	7.32	£914.90M	£92.06	4.26
Avast	£940.10M	0.00	N/A	£0.23	N/A

Does the media refer more to BLND or AVST?

In the previous week, British Land had 1 more articles in the media than Avast. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for British Land and 0 mentions for Avast. British Land's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Avast's score of 0.57 indicating that British Land is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
British Land	Positive
Avast	Positive

Is BLND or AVST more profitable?

British Land has a net margin of 171.35% compared to Avast's net margin of 0.00%. British Land's return on equity of 18.53% beat Avast's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
British Land	171.35%	18.53%	3.37%
Avast	N/A	N/A	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 5.9%. Avast pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.16 per share. British Land pays out 25.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avast pays out 69.6% 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. British Land is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

British Land beats Avast on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.