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Hammerson (HMSO) Competitors

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GBX 280.60 +3.40 (+1.23%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

HMSO vs. SHC, SHB, NRR, CAL, INTU, LSR, ALNA, LAND, UTG, and LMP

Should you be buying Hammerson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hammerson include Shaftesbury Capital (SHC), Shaftesbury (SHB), NewRiver REIT (NRR), Capital & Regional (CAL), Intu Properties (INTU), Local Shopping REIT PLC (LSR.L) (LSR), Alina (ALNA), Land Securities Group (LAND), Unite Group (UTG), and LondonMetric Property (LMP). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.

Hammerson vs.

Shaftesbury Capital (LON:SHC) and Hammerson (LON:HMSO) are both real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, community ranking and risk.

Shaftesbury Capital has a net margin of 16.37% compared to Hammerson's net margin of -246.59%. Shaftesbury Capital's return on equity of 1.05% beat Hammerson's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Shaftesbury Capital16.37% 1.05% 1.52%
Hammerson -246.59%-1.89%2.13%

Shaftesbury Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Hammerson pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Shaftesbury Capital pays out -7,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hammerson pays out -18,750.0% 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. Hammerson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Shaftesbury Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hammerson. Hammerson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shaftesbury Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Shaftesbury Capital£228.40M11.30£37.40M-£0.04-3,310.00
Hammerson£229.90M6.07-£42.20M-£0.08-3,507.50

Shaftesbury Capital has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hammerson has a beta of 2.3, meaning that its stock price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500.

68.3% of Shaftesbury Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 677.7% of Hammerson shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Shaftesbury Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 77.2% of Hammerson shares are held by 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.

Hammerson received 526 more outperform votes than Shaftesbury Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Shaftesbury Capital an outperform vote while only 57.58% of users gave Hammerson an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Shaftesbury CapitalOutperform Votes
6
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
HammersonOutperform Votes
532
57.58%
Underperform Votes
392
42.42%

Shaftesbury Capital currently has a consensus target price of GBX 165.67, indicating a potential upside of 25.13%. Hammerson has a consensus target price of GBX 32, indicating a potential downside of 88.60%. Given Shaftesbury Capital's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Shaftesbury Capital is more favorable than Hammerson.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Shaftesbury Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Hammerson
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Hammerson had 1 more articles in the media than Shaftesbury Capital. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Hammerson and 0 mentions for Shaftesbury Capital. Hammerson's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Shaftesbury Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that Hammerson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Shaftesbury Capital Neutral
Hammerson Neutral

Summary

Hammerson beats Shaftesbury Capital on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HMSO vs. The Competition

MetricHammersonREIT IndustryReal Estate SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.40B£2.04B£1.53B£1.64B
Dividend Yield4.97%5.79%6.42%6.85%
P/E Ratio-3,507.50366.74276.161,764.18
Price / Sales6.07321.47334.32251,087.70
Price / Cash2.76102.4562.9827.44
Price / Book0.730.851.232.84
Net Income-£42.20M£92.10M-£46.75M£158.49M
7 Day Performance-2.84%-2.53%-1.51%-0.63%
1 Month Performance-11.65%-5.05%-3.74%3.36%
1 Year Performance929.35%37.24%13.36%125.16%

Hammerson Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HMSO
Hammerson
1.2318 of 5 stars
GBX 280.60
+1.2%
GBX 32
-88.6%
+950.9%£1.40B£229.90M-3,507.50164News Coverage
Gap Down
SHC
Shaftesbury Capital
N/AGBX 130.60
-1.4%
N/A+9.6%£2.55B£228.40M-3,265.003,000Gap Down
SHB
Shaftesbury
N/AGBX 421.60
+1.3%
N/A+0.0%£1.62B£123.10M1,277.5839Gap Down
High Trading Volume
NRR
NewRiver REIT
N/AGBX 77.70
-1.9%
N/A-11.6%£291.98M£65.80M7,770.0046Positive News
Gap Up
CAL
Capital & Regional
1.5521 of 5 stars
GBX 61
-3.2%
N/A+12.5%£141.87M£65M3,330.009,200Gap Up
INTU
Intu Properties
N/AGBX 1.78
-54.6%
N/AN/A£24.07M£548.50M-0.0117,300Gap Down
High Trading Volume
LSR
Local Shopping REIT PLC (LSR.L)
N/AGBX 20.30
flat
N/AN/A£4.61M£534,000.00-203.00N/A
ALNA
Alina
N/AGBX 8
+12.7%
N/A-4.8%£1.82M£415,000.00-160.001Gap Up
LAND
Land Securities Group
2.9268 of 5 stars
N/AN/A-6.2%£4.25B£824M-1,325.58598Dividend Increase
News Coverage
Gap Up
UTG
Unite Group
3.1002 of 5 stars
GBX 838.50
-1.9%
N/A-11.8%£4.10B£358.10M1,374.591,801Insider Buying
News Coverage
LMP
LondonMetric Property
2.6428 of 5 stars
GBX 186.38
-1.3%
N/A+4.5%£3.80B£178M1,694.3635

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This page (LON:HMSO) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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