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Derwent London (DLN) Competitors

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GBX 1,963 +24.00 (+1.24%)
As of 04/17/2025 11:50 AM Eastern

DLN vs. GPE, WKP, CLI, RGL, UTG, LAND, LMP, BLND, BBOX, and SHC

Should you be buying Derwent London stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Derwent London include Great Portland Estates (GPE), Workspace Group (WKP), CLS (CLI), Regional REIT (RGL), Unite Group (UTG), Land Securities Group (LAND), LondonMetric Property (LMP), British Land (BLND), Tritax Big Box REIT (BBOX), and Shaftesbury Capital (SHC). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.

Derwent London vs.

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

Derwent London currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,700, indicating a potential upside of 37.54%. Great Portland Estates has a consensus target price of GBX 374, indicating a potential upside of 21.04%. Given Derwent London's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Derwent London is more favorable than Great Portland Estates.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Derwent London
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Great Portland Estates
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Great Portland Estates has a net margin of 172.83% compared to Derwent London's net margin of -129.56%. Great Portland Estates' return on equity of 15.50% beat Derwent London's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Derwent London-129.56% -10.41% 1.96%
Great Portland Estates 172.83%15.50%0.79%

Great Portland Estates has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Derwent London£277.67M7.91-£359.76M-£322.32-6.09
Great Portland Estates£230.33M5.37£398.10M£100.403.08

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

Derwent London received 373 more outperform votes than Great Portland Estates when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.33% of users gave Great Portland Estates an outperform vote while only 51.46% of users gave Derwent London an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Derwent LondonOutperform Votes
387
51.46%
Underperform Votes
365
48.54%
Great Portland EstatesOutperform Votes
14
58.33%
Underperform Votes
10
41.67%

Derwent London pays an annual dividend of GBX 80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Great Portland Estates pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Derwent London pays out -24.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Great Portland Estates pays out 12.0% 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. Derwent London is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

72.3% of Derwent London shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.1% of Great Portland Estates shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of Derwent London shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Great Portland Estates shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Great Portland Estates had 2 more articles in the media than Derwent London. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Great Portland Estates and 0 mentions for Derwent London. Great Portland Estates' average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Derwent London's score of 0.00 indicating that Great Portland Estates is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Derwent London Neutral
Great Portland Estates Positive

Summary

Derwent London beats Great Portland Estates on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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DLN vs. The Competition

MetricDerwent LondonREIT IndustryReal Estate SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.20B£717.23M£1.55B£2.49B
Dividend Yield4.03%12.57%6.67%4.91%
P/E Ratio-6.091.519.30129.96
Price / Sales7.91182.07393.85233,244.53
Price / Cash79.7363.0767.5428.21
Price / Book0.640.421.194.41
Net Income-£359.76M-£181.49M-£115.81M£5.86B
1 Month Performance6.86%-2.16%-1.01%-1.30%
1 Year Performance-3.40%2.25%6.12%41.06%

Derwent London Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DLN
Derwent London
2.5922 of 5 stars
GBX 1,963
+1.2%
GBX 2,700
+37.5%
-4.0%£2.20B£277.67M-6.09199
GPE
Great Portland Estates
2.8849 of 5 stars
GBX 273.50
+0.2%
GBX 405.50
+48.3%
-21.5%£1.10B£230.33M2.72134News Coverage
WKP
Workspace Group
3.0681 of 5 stars
GBX 390
+0.3%
GBX 647.50
+66.0%
-13.5%£748.72M£184.50M-3.89293Dividend Cut
News Coverage
Negative News
CLI
CLS
3.3365 of 5 stars
GBX 62
+1.5%
GBX 114
+83.9%
-27.8%£247.06M£154.62M-1.19118Positive News
RGL
Regional REIT
N/AGBX 102.65
-0.1%
N/A+414.0%£165.93M£287.40M-0.64N/ANews Coverage
Gap Down
UTG
Unite Group
2.8371 of 5 stars
GBX 809
+1.5%
GBX 1,076
+33.0%
-6.2%£3.93B£375.54M13.031,801News Coverage
LAND
Land Securities Group
1.6758 of 5 stars
GBX 511
+0.6%
GBX 677.67
+32.6%
-8.6%£3.78B£823.49M-11.85598
LMP
LondonMetric Property
2.3087 of 5 stars
GBX 171.74
+0.7%
GBX 251
+46.1%
-2.8%£3.49B£294.22M17.6835
BLND
British Land
3.2034 of 5 stars
GBX 341
+0.3%
GBX 448.33
+31.5%
+1.1%£3.40B£533.92M3.701,690News Coverage
BBOX
Tritax Big Box REIT
2.3118 of 5 stars
GBX 127
+1.0%
GBX 185.33
+45.9%
-4.3%£3.15B£313.39M16.61N/ANegative News
SHC
Shaftesbury Capital
2.3303 of 5 stars
GBX 117.10
+1.0%
GBX 174
+48.6%
-3.3%£2.27B£241.46M56.973,000Positive News

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This page (LON:DLN) was last updated on 4/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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