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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.

Is CDFF or LAS 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
Cardiff Property	89.05%	3.96%	2.40%
London & Associated Properties	-1.61%	3.76%	3.67%

Which has more volatility and risk, CDFF or LAS?

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

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

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

Which has better valuation and 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	£1.35M	20.30	£1.21M	£111.93	23.23
London & Associated Properties	£49.60M	0.15	-£3.86M	-£0.01	-875.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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%

Does the media favor CDFF or LAS?

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

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cardiff Property	Neutral
London & Associated Properties	Neutral

Summary

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