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Life Science REIT (LABS) Competitors

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GBX 41 -0.90 (-2.15%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

LABS vs. THRL, IHR, MXF, PHP, AGR, PRSR, ESP, HWG, SHED, and MLI

Should you be buying Life Science REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Life Science REIT include Target Healthcare REIT (THRL), Impact Healthcare REIT (IHR), Medicx Fund (MXF), Primary Health Properties (PHP), Assura (AGR), Prs Reit (PRSR), Empiric Student Property (ESP), Harworth Group (HWG), Urban Logistics REIT (SHED), and Industrials REIT (MLI). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.

Life Science REIT vs.

Life Science REIT (LON:LABS) and Target Healthcare REIT (LON:THRL) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and dividends.

67.3% of Life Science REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.4% of Target Healthcare REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of Life Science REIT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Target Healthcare REIT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Life Science REIT pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Target Healthcare REIT pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Life Science REIT pays out -3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Target Healthcare REIT pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Target Healthcare REIT received 89 more outperform votes than Life Science REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Life Science REIT an outperform vote while only 65.03% of users gave Target Healthcare REIT an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Life Science REITOutperform Votes
4
80.00%
Underperform Votes
1
20.00%
Target Healthcare REITOutperform Votes
93
65.03%
Underperform Votes
50
34.97%

Life Science REIT has a beta of 0.08, indicating that its share price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Target Healthcare REIT has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Target Healthcare REIT has higher revenue and earnings than Life Science REIT. Life Science REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Target Healthcare REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Life Science REIT£19.94M7.20-£21.71M-£0.06-683.33
Target Healthcare REIT£69.55M7.49£73.02M£0.12700.00

In the previous week, Life Science REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Target Healthcare REIT'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Life Science REIT Neutral
Target Healthcare REIT Neutral

Target Healthcare REIT has a net margin of 104.99% compared to Life Science REIT's net margin of -108.85%. Target Healthcare REIT's return on equity of 10.87% beat Life Science REIT's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Life Science REIT-108.85% -7.20% 1.25%
Target Healthcare REIT 104.99%10.87%3.86%

Life Science REIT currently has a consensus target price of GBX 46.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.41%. Given Life Science REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Life Science REIT is more favorable than Target Healthcare REIT.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Life Science REIT
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Target Healthcare REIT
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

Target Healthcare REIT beats Life Science REIT on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LABS vs. The Competition

MetricLife Science REITREIT IndustryReal Estate SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£143.50M£1.30B£1.52B£1.62B
Dividend Yield6.21%7.41%6.44%6.83%
P/E Ratio-683.33213.38276.161,753.00
Price / Sales7.20525.28335.81249,198.64
Price / CashN/A44.1462.6127.47
Price / Book0.511.201.232.84
Net Income-£21.71M-£53.40M-£46.51M£158.19M
7 Day Performance-3.53%-1.62%-1.51%-0.63%
1 Month Performance0.74%-2.09%-3.73%3.34%
1 Year Performance-38.25%8.93%13.24%124.27%

Life Science REIT Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LABS
Life Science REIT
N/AGBX 41
-2.1%
GBX 46.50
+13.4%
-38.3%£143.50M£19.94M-683.33N/AGap Up
THRL
Target Healthcare REIT
N/AGBX 87.76
+0.1%
N/A+0.7%£544.31M£69.55M731.32N/A
IHR
Impact Healthcare REIT
2.0659 of 5 stars
GBX 87.30
-1.1%
N/A+0.6%£361.75M£53.51M793.64N/A
MXF
Medicx Fund
N/AGBX 96.40
flat
N/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
PHP
Primary Health Properties
1.2468 of 5 stars
GBX 95.85
+0.3%
N/A-2.8%£1.28B£177.80M-9,585.0058
AGR
Assura
3.424 of 5 stars
GBX 38.88
-0.3%
N/A-12.0%£1.26B£157.80M-3,888.0084News Coverage
PRSR
Prs Reit
N/AGBX 107.02
-0.7%
N/A+25.7%£587.81M£53.68M972.912
ESP
Empiric Student Property
N/AGBX 91
-0.3%
N/A-3.5%£549.19M£81.60M1,011.11150Dividend Announcement
Insider Buying
News Coverage
Positive News
HWG
Harworth Group
N/AGBX 169
-0.6%
N/A+53.2%£546.97M£95.50M1,126.67120
SHED
Urban Logistics REIT
2.1655 of 5 stars
GBX 111.80
+0.5%
N/A-5.6%£527.67M£59.95M2,236.00N/ANews Coverage
MLI
Industrials REIT
N/AGBX 168
flat
N/AN/A£494.79M£50.19M1,050.005,140

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