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

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 6.6%. Avast pays out 69.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. British Land pays out 25.0% 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 analysts rate AVST or BLND?

British Land has a consensus target price of GBX 448.33, suggesting a potential upside of 28.61%. 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

Does the media favor AVST or BLND?

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. Avast's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat British Land's score of -0.49 indicating that Avast is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Avast	Neutral
British Land	Neutral

Which has higher valuation & earnings, AVST or BLND?

British Land has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Avast	£940.10M	0.00	N/A	£0.23	N/A
British Land	£533.92M	6.51	£914.90M	£92.06	3.79

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AVST or BLND?

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

Is AVST or BLND 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
Avast	N/A	N/A	N/A
British Land	171.35%	18.53%	3.37%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership 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 is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

British Land beats Avast on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.