British Land (BLND) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AVST or BLND?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AVST or BLND?

British Land received 513 more outperform votes than Avast when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.02% of users gave Avast an outperform vote while only 63.80% of users gave British Land an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Avast	Outperform Votes 111 81.02%	Underperform Votes 26 18.98%
British Land	Outperform Votes 624 63.80%	Underperform Votes 354 36.20%

Is AVST or BLND a better dividend stock?

Avast pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.16 per share. British Land pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Avast pays out 69.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media favor AVST or BLND?

In the previous week, British Land had 7 more articles in the media than Avast. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for British Land and 0 mentions for Avast. British Land's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Avast's score of 0.00 indicating that British Land is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Avast	Neutral
British Land	Positive

Do analysts rate AVST or BLND?

British Land has a consensus price target of GBX 455, suggesting a potential upside of 17.39%. 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
Avast	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
British Land	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Is AVST or BLND 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
Avast	N/A	N/A	N/A
British Land	-0.15%	0.02%	3.37%

Which has better valuation & earnings, AVST or BLND?

Avast has higher revenue and earnings than British Land.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Avast	£940.10M	0.00	N/A	£0.23	N/A
British Land	£670M	5.78	-£1M	N/A	N/A

Summary

British Land beats Avast on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.