Derwent London (DLN) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GPE or DLN?

Derwent London received 372 more outperform votes than Great Portland Estates when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.87% of users gave Great Portland Estates an outperform vote while only 51.40% of users gave Derwent London an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Great Portland Estates	Outperform Votes 14 60.87%	Underperform Votes 9 39.13%
Derwent London	Outperform Votes 386 51.40%	Underperform Votes 365 48.60%

Is GPE or DLN a better dividend stock?

Great Portland Estates pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Derwent London pays an annual dividend of GBX 80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Great Portland Estates pays out -1,188.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Derwent London pays out -2,492.2% 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.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GPE or DLN?

76.1% of Great Portland Estates shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.3% of Derwent London shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Great Portland Estates shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Derwent London shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is GPE or DLN more profitable?

Derwent London has a net margin of -129.47% compared to Great Portland Estates' net margin of -292.59%. Derwent London's return on equity of -9.90% beat Great Portland Estates' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Great Portland Estates	-292.59%	-17.58%	0.79%
Derwent London	-129.47%	-9.90%	1.96%

Do analysts rate GPE or DLN?

Great Portland Estates presently has a consensus target price of GBX 423.25, indicating a potential upside of 44.70%. Derwent London has a consensus target price of GBX 2,700, indicating a potential upside of 31.07%. Given Great Portland Estates' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Great Portland Estates is more favorable than Derwent London.

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
Derwent London	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 DLN?

In the previous week, Great Portland Estates had 6 more articles in the media than Derwent London. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Great Portland Estates and 0 mentions for Derwent London. Great Portland Estates' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Derwent London's score of 0.00 indicating that Great Portland Estates is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Great Portland Estates	Positive
Derwent London	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, GPE or DLN?

Great Portland Estates has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Derwent London has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, GPE or DLN?

Great Portland Estates has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Derwent London. Derwent London is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Great Portland Estates, 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	11.27	-£307.80M	-£1.01	-289.60
Derwent London	£278.60M	8.30	-£360.70M	-£3.21	-641.74

Summary

Great Portland Estates beats Derwent London on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.