Mountview Estates (MTVW) Competitors

Grainger (LON:GRI) and Mountview Estates (LON:MTVW) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, community ranking and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GRI or MTVW?

Grainger received 559 more outperform votes than Mountview Estates when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.09% of users gave Grainger an outperform vote while only 47.71% of users gave Mountview Estates an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Grainger	Outperform Votes 663 78.09%	Underperform Votes 186 21.91%
Mountview Estates	Outperform Votes 104 47.71%	Underperform Votes 114 52.29%

Which has more volatility & risk, GRI or MTVW?

Grainger has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mountview Estates has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GRI or MTVW more profitable?

Mountview Estates has a net margin of 21.89% compared to Grainger's net margin of -0.40%. Mountview Estates' return on equity of 4.37% beat Grainger's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Grainger	-0.40%	-0.06%	2.14%
Mountview Estates	21.89%	4.37%	5.55%

Does the media refer more to GRI or MTVW?

In the previous week, Mountview Estates' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Grainger's score of -0.01 indicating that Mountview Estates is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Grainger	Neutral
Mountview Estates	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in GRI or MTVW?

85.8% of Grainger shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.9% of Mountview Estates shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Grainger shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 73.3% of Mountview Estates 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.

Is GRI or MTVW a better dividend stock?

Grainger pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Mountview Estates pays an annual dividend of GBX 550 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Grainger pays out -4,666.7% 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.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, GRI or MTVW?

Mountview Estates has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Grainger. Grainger is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mountview Estates, 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
Grainger	£276.05M	5.63	-£1.11M	-£0.15	-1,403.33
Mountview Estates	£77.73M	4.49	£17.02M	£456.22	20.06

Do analysts rate GRI or MTVW?

Grainger currently has a consensus price target of GBX 317.50, indicating a potential upside of 50.83%. Given Grainger's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Grainger is more favorable than Mountview Estates.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Grainger	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Mountview Estates	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Grainger beats Mountview Estates on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.