IWG (IWG) Competitors

Grainger (LON:GRI) and IWG (LON:IWG) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in GRI or IWG?

85.8% of Grainger shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.6% of IWG shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Grainger shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.3% of IWG shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, GRI or IWG?

Grainger has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IWG has a beta of 2.1, indicating that its stock price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer GRI or IWG?

Grainger currently has a consensus price target of GBX 299, indicating a potential upside of 30.85%. IWG has a consensus price target of GBX 215, indicating a potential upside of 30.54%. Given Grainger's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Grainger is more favorable than IWG.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Grainger	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
IWG	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is GRI or IWG more profitable?

Grainger has a net margin of -0.41% compared to IWG's net margin of -4.83%. Grainger's return on equity of -0.06% beat IWG's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Grainger	-0.41%	-0.06%	2.14%
IWG	-4.83%	-89.57%	3.01%

Is GRI or IWG a better dividend stock?

Grainger pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. IWG pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. IWG pays out -714.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GRI or IWG?

Grainger received 411 more outperform votes than IWG when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.04% of users gave Grainger an outperform vote while only 62.19% of users gave IWG an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Grainger	Outperform Votes 661 78.04%	Underperform Votes 186 21.96%
IWG	Outperform Votes 250 62.19%	Underperform Votes 152 37.81%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, GRI or IWG?

Grainger has higher earnings, but lower revenue than IWG.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Grainger	£270.30M	6.24	-£1.10M	N/A	N/A
IWG	£3.74B	0.44	-£180.72M	-£0.14	-1,176.43

Does the media favor GRI or IWG?

In the previous week, Grainger had 2 more articles in the media than IWG. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Grainger and 0 mentions for IWG. IWG's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Grainger's score of 0.00 indicating that IWG is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Grainger	Neutral
IWG	Positive

Summary

Grainger beats IWG on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.