Mountview Estates (MTVW) Competitors

Savills (LON:SVS) and Mountview Estates (LON:MTVW) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Which has more volatility & risk, SVS or MTVW?

Savills has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mountview Estates has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to SVS or MTVW?

In the previous week, Savills and Savills both had 1 articles in the media. Savills' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Mountview Estates' score of 0.29 indicating that Savills is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Savills	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Mountview Estates	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, SVS or MTVW?

Savills has higher revenue and earnings than Mountview Estates. Mountview Estates is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Savills, 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
Savills	£2.29B	0.58	£44.22M	£32.65	30.11
Mountview Estates	£77.73M	4.88	£17.02M	£456.22	21.80

Is SVS or MTVW a better dividend stock?

Savills pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Mountview Estates pays an annual dividend of GBX 550 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Savills pays out 64.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mountview Estates pays out 120.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in SVS or MTVW?

67.0% of Savills shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.9% of Mountview Estates shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.2% of Savills shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 73.3% of Mountview Estates shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SVS or MTVW more profitable?

Mountview Estates has a net margin of 21.89% compared to Savills' net margin of 1.93%. Savills' return on equity of 6.17% beat Mountview Estates' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Savills	1.93%	6.17%	2.01%
Mountview Estates	21.89%	4.37%	5.55%

Summary

Savills beats Mountview Estates on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.