London & Associated Properties (LAS) Competitors

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, LAS or CDFF?

Cardiff Property has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
London & Associated Properties	£49.60M	0.14	-£3.86M	-£0.01	-810.00
Cardiff Property	£1.35M	20.30	£1.21M	£111.93	23.23

Is LAS or CDFF more profitable?

Cardiff Property has a net margin of 89.05% compared to London & Associated Properties' net margin of -1.61%. Cardiff Property's return on equity of 3.96% beat London & Associated Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
London & Associated Properties	-1.61%	3.76%	3.67%
Cardiff Property	89.05%	3.96%	2.40%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LAS or CDFF?

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of LAS or CDFF?

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

Does the media favor LAS or CDFF?

In the previous week, London & Associated Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Cardiff Property'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
London & Associated Properties	Neutral
Cardiff Property	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, LAS or CDFF?

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

Summary

London & Associated Properties beats Cardiff Property on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.