London & Associated Properties (LAS) Competitors

Cardiff Property (LON:CDFF) and London & Associated Properties (LON:LAS) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CDFF or LAS?

Cardiff Property has higher earnings, but lower revenue than London & Associated Properties. London & Associated Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cardiff Property, 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
Cardiff Property	£1.18M	22.04	£1.20M	£1.14	2,193.20
London & Associated Properties	£49.60M	0.15	-£3.86M	-£0.01	-875.00

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CDFF or LAS?

1.5% of Cardiff Property shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.9% of London & Associated Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 74.5% of Cardiff Property shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 83.0% of London & Associated Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to CDFF or LAS?

In the previous week, Cardiff Property's average media sentiment score of 2.00 beat London & Associated Properties' score of 0.00 indicating that Cardiff Property is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cardiff Property	Very Positive
London & Associated Properties	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, CDFF or LAS?

Cardiff Property has a beta of -0.11, suggesting that its share price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, London & Associated Properties has a beta of 0.09, suggesting that its share price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CDFF or LAS?

London & Associated Properties received 13 more outperform votes than Cardiff Property when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.05% of users gave London & Associated Properties an outperform vote while only 67.27% of users gave Cardiff Property an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cardiff Property	Outperform Votes 74 67.27%	Underperform Votes 36 32.73%
London & Associated Properties	Outperform Votes 87 69.05%	Underperform Votes 39 30.95%

Is CDFF or LAS more profitable?

Cardiff Property has a net margin of 101.10% compared to London & Associated Properties' net margin of -1.61%. Cardiff Property's return on equity of 4.01% beat London & Associated Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cardiff Property	101.10%	4.01%	2.40%
London & Associated Properties	-1.61%	3.76%	3.67%

Summary

Cardiff Property and London & Associated Properties tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.