GPE vs. DLN, WKP, CLI, RGL, LAND, UTG, LMP, BLND, BBOX, and SHC
Should you be buying Great Portland Estates stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Great Portland Estates include Derwent London (DLN), 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.
Great Portland Estates vs.
Great Portland Estates (LON:GPE) and Derwent London (LON:DLN) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.
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.
Great Portland Estates has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Great Portland Estates has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Derwent London has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more 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.
Great Portland Estates currently has a consensus target price of GBX 405.50, suggesting a potential upside of 36.30%. Derwent London has a consensus target price of GBX 2,700, suggesting a potential upside of 48.19%. Given Derwent London's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Derwent London is more favorable than Great Portland Estates.
In the previous week, Great Portland Estates had 1 more articles in the media than Derwent London. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Great Portland Estates and 0 mentions for Derwent London. Great Portland Estates' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Derwent London'saverage media sentiment score.
Great Portland Estates pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Derwent London pays an annual dividend of GBX 80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Great Portland Estates pays out 12.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Derwent London pays out -24.8% 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.
76.1% of Great Portland Estates shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.3% of Derwent London shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Great Portland Estates shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Derwent London 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.
Summary
Derwent London beats Great Portland Estates on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:GPE) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
