First Property Group (FPO) Competitors

Grit Real Estate Income Group (LON:GR1T) and First Property Group (LON:FPO) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Is GR1T or FPO more profitable?

First Property Group has a net margin of -31.04% compared to Grit Real Estate Income Group's net margin of -54.85%. First Property Group's return on equity of -5.93% beat Grit Real Estate Income Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Grit Real Estate Income Group	-54.85%	-5.99%	2.46%
First Property Group	-31.04%	-5.93%	-0.15%

Which has better earnings and valuation, GR1T or FPO?

First Property Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Grit Real Estate Income Group. First Property Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grit Real Estate Income 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
Grit Real Estate Income Group	£42.77M	1.16	-£23.46M	-£3.03	-2.68
First Property Group	£10.30M	1.72	-£3.20M	-£2.16	-5.55

Is GR1T or FPO a better dividend stock?

Grit Real Estate Income Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 36.9%. First Property Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Grit Real Estate Income Group pays out -99.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Property Group pays out -46.3% 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. Grit Real Estate Income Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor GR1T or FPO?

In the previous week, First Property Group had 1 more articles in the media than Grit Real Estate Income Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for First Property Group and 0 mentions for Grit Real Estate Income Group. First Property Group's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Grit Real Estate Income Group's score of 0.00 indicating that First Property Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Grit Real Estate Income Group	Neutral
First Property Group	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, GR1T or FPO?

Grit Real Estate Income Group has a beta of 0.2, indicating that its share price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Property Group has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of GR1T or FPO?

51.1% of Grit Real Estate Income Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.0% of First Property Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.2% of Grit Real Estate Income Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 42.1% of First Property Group shares are owned by company 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GR1T or FPO?

First Property Group received 147 more outperform votes than Grit Real Estate Income Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.07% of users gave First Property Group an outperform vote while only 68.42% of users gave Grit Real Estate Income Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Grit Real Estate Income Group	Outperform Votes 13 68.42%	Underperform Votes 6 31.58%
First Property Group	Outperform Votes 160 72.07%	Underperform Votes 62 27.93%

Summary

First Property Group beats Grit Real Estate Income Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.