IWG (IWG) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend GRI or IWG?

Grainger presently has a consensus target price of GBX 317.50, indicating a potential upside of 50.47%. IWG has a consensus target price of GBX 215, indicating a potential upside of 26.25%. Given Grainger's higher probable upside, research 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)	2 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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	5.76	-£1.10M	N/A	N/A
IWG	£3.74B	0.46	-£180.72M	-£0.14	-1,216.43

Which has more volatility & risk, GRI or IWG?

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

Is GRI or IWG a better dividend stock?

Grainger pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. 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 favor GRI or IWG?

Grainger received 413 more outperform votes than IWG when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.09% of users gave Grainger an outperform vote while only 62.19% of users gave IWG an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Grainger	Outperform Votes 663 78.09%	Underperform Votes 186 21.91%
IWG	Outperform Votes 250 62.19%	Underperform Votes 152 37.81%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of GRI or IWG?

85.8% of Grainger shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.6% of IWG shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Grainger shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.3% of IWG shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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%

Does the media refer more to GRI or IWG?

In the previous week, Grainger had 1 more articles in the media than IWG. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Grainger and 1 mentions for IWG. IWG's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Grainger's score of -0.21 indicating that IWG is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Grainger	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
IWG	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Grainger beats IWG on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.