CLS (CLI) Competitors

Great Portland Estates (LON:GPE) and CLS (LON:CLI) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking and dividends.

Does the media prefer GPE or CLI?

In the previous week, Great Portland Estates' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled CLS'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Great Portland Estates	Neutral
CLS	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, GPE or CLI?

Great Portland Estates has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CLS has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in GPE or CLI?

76.1% of Great Portland Estates shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.7% of CLS shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Great Portland Estates shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 66.4% of CLS shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, GPE or CLI?

CLS has higher revenue and earnings than Great Portland Estates. Great Portland Estates is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CLS, 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
Great Portland Estates	£105.20M	10.59	-£307.80M	-£1.01	-272.28
CLS	£154.20M	1.86	-£206.80M	-£0.52	-139.04

Do analysts prefer GPE or CLI?

Great Portland Estates currently has a consensus price target of GBX 405.50, suggesting a potential upside of 47.45%. CLS has a consensus price target of GBX 114, suggesting a potential upside of 57.68%. Given CLS's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CLS is more favorable than Great Portland Estates.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Great Portland Estates	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
CLS	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GPE or CLI?

CLS received 384 more outperform votes than Great Portland Estates when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.68% of users gave CLS an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave Great Portland Estates an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Great Portland Estates	Outperform Votes 14 58.33%	Underperform Votes 10 41.67%
CLS	Outperform Votes 398 84.68%	Underperform Votes 72 15.32%

Is GPE or CLI more profitable?

CLS has a net margin of -134.11% compared to Great Portland Estates' net margin of -292.59%. Great Portland Estates' return on equity of -17.58% beat CLS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Great Portland Estates	-292.59%	-17.58%	0.79%
CLS	-134.11%	-21.59%	2.30%

Is GPE or CLI a better dividend stock?

Great Portland Estates pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. CLS pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.1%. Great Portland Estates pays out -1,188.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CLS pays out -1,538.5% 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. CLS is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

CLS beats Great Portland Estates on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.