DLN vs. GPE, WKP, CLI, RGL, LAND, LMP, UTG, 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), LondonMetric Property (LMP), Unite Group (UTG), British Land (BLND), Tritax Big Box REIT (BBOX), and Shaftesbury Capital (SHC). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Derwent London (LON:DLN) and Great Portland Estates (LON:GPE) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
76.2% of Derwent London shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of Great Portland Estates shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of Derwent London shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Great Portland Estates shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Derwent London currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,212.50, suggesting a potential downside of 5.12%. Great Portland Estates has a consensus price target of GBX 476.50, suggesting a potential upside of 36.11%. Given Great Portland Estates' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Great Portland Estates is more favorable than Derwent London.
In the previous week, Great Portland Estates had 7 more articles in the media than Derwent London. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Great Portland Estates and 1 mentions for Derwent London. Great Portland Estates' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Derwent London's score of 0.59 indicating that Great Portland Estates is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great Portland Estates has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Derwent London has a net margin of -177.76% compared to Great Portland Estates' net margin of -292.59%. Derwent London's return on equity of -12.56% beat Great Portland Estates' return on equity.
Derwent London pays an annual dividend of GBX 80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Great Portland Estates pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Derwent London pays out -1,886.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Great Portland Estates pays out -1,238.1% 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.
Derwent London received 373 more outperform votes than Great Portland Estates when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.00% of users gave Great Portland Estates an outperform vote while only 51.33% of users gave Derwent London an outperform vote.
Summary
Great Portland Estates beats Derwent London on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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