Foxtons Group (FOXT) Competitors

Foxtons Group (LON:FOXT) and Lok'nStore Group (LON:LOK) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FOXT or LOK?

Foxtons Group received 85 more outperform votes than Lok'nStore Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.46% of users gave Lok'nStore Group an outperform vote while only 59.69% of users gave Foxtons Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Foxtons Group	Outperform Votes 268 59.69%	Underperform Votes 181 40.31%
Lok'nStore Group	Outperform Votes 183 62.46%	Underperform Votes 110 37.54%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in FOXT or LOK?

75.0% of Foxtons Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.1% of Lok'nStore Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Foxtons Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.9% of Lok'nStore Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FOXT or LOK more profitable?

Lok'nStore Group has a net margin of 14.34% compared to Foxtons Group's net margin of 4.69%. Foxtons Group's return on equity of 5.69% beat Lok'nStore Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Foxtons Group	4.69%	5.69%	2.96%
Lok'nStore Group	14.34%	1.87%	1.48%

Which has more volatility and risk, FOXT or LOK?

Foxtons Group has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lok'nStore Group has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer FOXT or LOK?

Given Lok'nStore Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lok'nStore Group is more favorable than Foxtons Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Foxtons Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Lok'nStore Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media prefer FOXT or LOK?

In the previous week, Foxtons Group had 3 more articles in the media than Lok'nStore Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Foxtons Group and 0 mentions for Lok'nStore Group. Foxtons Group's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Lok'nStore Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Foxtons Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Foxtons Group	Neutral
Lok'nStore Group	Neutral

Is FOXT or LOK a better dividend stock?

Foxtons Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Lok'nStore Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share. Foxtons Group pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Lok'nStore Group pays out 14,615.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Foxtons Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, FOXT or LOK?

Foxtons Group has higher revenue and earnings than Lok'nStore Group. Lok'nStore Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Foxtons Group, 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
Foxtons Group	£154.71M	1.15	£7.25M	£0.02	2,920.00
Lok'nStore Group	£27.73M	0.00	£3.98M	£0.13	N/A

Summary

Foxtons Group beats Lok'nStore Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.