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LSL Property Services (LSL) Competitors

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GBX 279 -1.00 (-0.36%)
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LSL vs. LOK, MTVW, TPFG, HLCL, UAI, FOXT, 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), U and I Group (UAI), Foxtons Group (FOXT), 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.

Lok'nStore Group (LON:LOK) and LSL Property Services (LON:LSL) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.

53.1% of Lok'nStore Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.0% of LSL Property Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.9% of Lok'nStore Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of LSL Property Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Lok'nStore Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. LSL Property Services pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. 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 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. LSL Property Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

LSL Property Services has higher revenue and earnings than Lok'nStore Group. LSL Property Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lok'nStore Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lok'nStore Group£27.73M12.86£3.98M£0.138,500.00
LSL Property Services£157.32M1.81£12.82M£0.122,325.00

In the previous week, Lok'nStore Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled LSL Property Services'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Lok'nStore Group Neutral
LSL Property Services Neutral

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lok'nStore GroupOutperform Votes
183
62.46%
Underperform Votes
110
37.54%
LSL Property ServicesOutperform Votes
219
64.99%
Underperform Votes
118
35.01%

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lok'nStore Group14.34% 1.87% 1.48%
LSL Property Services 5.95%15.86%7.65%

Lok'nStore Group has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LSL Property Services has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

LSL Property Services beats Lok'nStore Group on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LSL vs. The Competition

MetricLSL Property ServicesReal Estate Services IndustryReal Estate SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£285.50M£1.35B£1.31B£1.39B
Dividend Yield3.70%8.97%7.20%11.73%
P/E Ratio2,325.00526.63271.341,547.95
Price / Sales1.81259.67990.64209,059.57
Price / Cash8.0217.6155.1232.93
Price / Book3.672.031.142.80
Net Income£12.82M-£147.80M-£50.94M£152.70M
7 Day Performance-1.41%-0.98%-0.66%-0.50%
1 Month Performance-8.22%-3.75%-3.96%7.11%
1 Year Performance16.25%10.52%11.38%91.83%

LSL Property Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LSL
LSL Property Services
N/AGBX 279
-0.4%
N/A+14.3%£285.50M£157.32M2,325.001,724Gap Up
LOK
Lok'nStore Group
N/AGBX 1,105
flat
N/A+40.6%£356.58M£27.73M8,500.00193
MTVW
Mountview Estates
N/AGBX 8,900
+2.0%
N/A-13.4%£347.10M£79.47M1,220.8529Dividend Cut
Insider Trade
News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
TPFG
The Property Franchise Group
1.8379 of 5 stars
GBX 433.60
-0.1%
GBX 589
+35.8%
+27.6%£276.42M£40.95M2,294.47176
HLCL
Helical
N/AGBX 185.80
-1.2%
GBX 266.50
+43.4%
-20.2%£228.01M£37.84M-121.2927
UAI
U and I Group
N/AGBX 148.50
flat
N/AN/A£186.27M£45.79M-2.1296
FOXT
Foxtons Group
N/AGBX 55.51
+0.6%
N/A+27.8%£168.48M£154.71M2,790.001,354Positive News
Gap Down
PSDL
Phoenix Spree Deutschland
N/AGBX 173.25
-1.1%
N/A+6.5%£159.10M£26.79M-247.59N/A
BLV
Belvoir Group
N/AGBX 279
flat
N/A+11.6%£104.04M£34.24M1,395.00218High Trading Volume
PNS
Panther Securities
N/AGBX 320
flat
N/A+8.5%£55.81M£14.95M8,000.0018
GR1T
Grit Real Estate Income Group
N/AGBX 10.01
-2.3%
N/A-32.0%£47.12M£65.43M-146.00157Gap Down

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This page (LON:LSL) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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