Land Securities Group (LAND) Competitors

Taylor Wimpey (LON:TW) and Land Securities Group (LON:LAND) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in TW or LAND?

68.7% of Taylor Wimpey shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.5% of Land Securities Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Taylor Wimpey shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Land Securities Group 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TW or LAND?

Taylor Wimpey received 820 more outperform votes than Land Securities Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.24% of users gave Taylor Wimpey an outperform vote while only 62.83% of users gave Land Securities Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Taylor Wimpey	Outperform Votes 1447 79.24%	Underperform Votes 379 20.76%
Land Securities Group	Outperform Votes 627 62.83%	Underperform Votes 371 37.17%

Does the media refer more to TW or LAND?

In the previous week, Taylor Wimpey had 3 more articles in the media than Land Securities Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Taylor Wimpey and 3 mentions for Land Securities Group. Land Securities Group's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Taylor Wimpey's score of 0.44 indicating that Land Securities Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Taylor Wimpey	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Land Securities Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer TW or LAND?

Taylor Wimpey currently has a consensus price target of GBX 166.67, indicating a potential upside of 52.42%. Land Securities Group has a consensus price target of GBX 675.33, indicating a potential upside of 26.82%. Given Taylor Wimpey's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Taylor Wimpey is more favorable than Land Securities Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Taylor Wimpey	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Land Securities Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, TW or LAND?

Taylor Wimpey has higher revenue and earnings than Land Securities Group. Land Securities Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Taylor Wimpey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Taylor Wimpey	£3.40B	1.14	£246.30M	£0.07	1,562.14
Land Securities Group	£824M	4.81	-£319M	-£0.43	-1,238.37

Is TW or LAND more profitable?

Taylor Wimpey has a net margin of 7.25% compared to Land Securities Group's net margin of -38.71%. Taylor Wimpey's return on equity of 5.51% beat Land Securities Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Taylor Wimpey	7.25%	5.51%	4.08%
Land Securities Group	-38.71%	-5.05%	2.40%

Which has more volatility and risk, TW or LAND?

Taylor Wimpey has a beta of 1.81, meaning that its share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Land Securities Group has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TW or LAND a better dividend stock?

Taylor Wimpey pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. Land Securities Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 40 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Taylor Wimpey pays out 14,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Land Securities Group pays out -9,302.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Taylor Wimpey beats Land Securities Group on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.