CLS (CLI) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, GPE or CLI?

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

Which has preferable valuation & 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	11.15	-£307.80M	-£1.01	-286.63
CLS	£154.20M	2.17	-£206.80M	-£0.52	-161.92

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of GPE or CLI?

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

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%

Do analysts recommend GPE or CLI?

Great Portland Estates currently has a consensus target price of GBX 423.25, indicating a potential upside of 46.20%. CLS has a consensus target price of GBX 114, indicating a potential upside of 35.39%. Given Great Portland Estates' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Great Portland Estates is more favorable than CLS.

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 media favor GPE or CLI?

In the previous week, Great Portland Estates had 8 more articles in the media than CLS. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Great Portland Estates and 1 mentions for CLS. CLS's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Great Portland Estates' score of 0.73 indicating that CLS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Great Portland Estates	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CLS	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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 4.1%. CLS pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. 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.

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 60.87% of users gave Great Portland Estates an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Great Portland Estates	Outperform Votes 14 60.87%	Underperform Votes 9 39.13%
CLS	Outperform Votes 398 84.68%	Underperform Votes 72 15.32%

Summary

CLS beats Great Portland Estates on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.