LSL vs. LOK, MTVW, TPFG, HLCL, FOXT, UAI, PSDL, BLV, PNS, and GR1T
Should you be buying LSL Property Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LSL Property Services include Lok'nStore Group (LOK), Mountview Estates (MTVW), The Property Franchise Group (TPFG), Helical (HLCL), Foxtons Group (FOXT), U and I Group (UAI), Phoenix Spree Deutschland (PSDL), Belvoir Group (BLV), Panther Securities (PNS), and Grit Real Estate Income Group (GR1T). These companies are all part of the "real estate services" industry.
LSL Property Services vs.
LSL Property Services (LON:LSL) and Lok'nStore Group (LON:LOK) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.
In the previous week, LSL Property Services had 1 more articles in the media than Lok'nStore Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for LSL Property Services and 0 mentions for Lok'nStore Group. Lok'nStore Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat LSL Property Services' score of -0.40 indicating that Lok'nStore Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
LSL Property Services has higher revenue and earnings than Lok'nStore Group. Lok'nStore Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LSL Property Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lok'nStore Group has a net margin of 14.34% compared to LSL Property Services' net margin of 5.95%. LSL Property Services' return on equity of 15.86% beat Lok'nStore Group's return on equity.
LSL Property Services pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Lok'nStore Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share. LSL Property Services pays out 9,166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Lok'nStore Group pays out 14,615.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. LSL Property Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
LSL Property Services has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lok'nStore Group has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
LSL Property Services received 36 more outperform votes than Lok'nStore Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.99% of users gave LSL Property Services an outperform vote while only 62.46% of users gave Lok'nStore Group an outperform vote.
78.0% of LSL Property Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.1% of Lok'nStore Group shares are held by institutional investors. 15.3% of LSL Property Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 26.9% of Lok'nStore Group shares are held by 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.
Summary
LSL Property Services beats Lok'nStore Group on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:LSL) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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