DLN vs. GPE, WKP, CLI, RGL, LAND, UTG, 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), Land Securities Group (LAND), Unite Group (UTG), 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.
Derwent London pays an annual dividend of GBX 80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Great Portland Estates pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Derwent London pays out -2,492.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Great Portland Estates pays out -1,188.1% 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.
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.
Derwent London presently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,700, suggesting a potential upside of 43.01%. Great Portland Estates has a consensus price target of GBX 405.50, suggesting a potential upside of 47.45%. Given Great Portland Estates' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Great Portland Estates is more favorable than Derwent London.
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.
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.
In the previous week, Great Portland Estates' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Derwent London's score of -0.99 indicating that Great Portland Estates is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Derwent London has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great Portland Estates has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Great Portland Estates beats Derwent London on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:DLN) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
