Regional REIT (RGL) Competitors

CLS (LON:CLI) and Regional REIT (LON:RGL) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and risk.

Is CLI or RGL more profitable?

Regional REIT has a net margin of -89.90% compared to CLS's net margin of -134.11%. CLS's return on equity of -23.42% beat Regional REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CLS	-134.11%	-23.42%	2.30%
Regional REIT	-89.90%	-28.79%	3.19%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CLI or RGL?

CLS received 196 more outperform votes than Regional REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.71% of users gave CLS an outperform vote while only 76.03% of users gave Regional REIT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CLS	Outperform Votes 399 84.71%	Underperform Votes 72 15.29%
Regional REIT	Outperform Votes 203 76.03%	Underperform Votes 64 23.97%

Do analysts prefer CLI or RGL?

CLS presently has a consensus price target of GBX 114, suggesting a potential upside of 57.89%. Given CLS's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe CLS is more favorable than Regional REIT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CLS	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Regional REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CLI or RGL?

CLS has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Regional REIT. CLS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Regional REIT, 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
CLS	£154.62M	1.86	-£207.36M	-£51.90	-1.39
Regional REIT	£287.40M	0.64	-£258.36M	-£160.27	-0.72

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in CLI or RGL?

27.7% of CLS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% of Regional REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 66.4% of CLS shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.7% of Regional REIT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, CLI or RGL?

CLS has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regional REIT has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to CLI or RGL?

In the previous week, Regional REIT had 2 more articles in the media than CLS. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Regional REIT and 1 mentions for CLS. CLS's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Regional REIT's score of 0.39 indicating that CLS is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CLS	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Regional REIT	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is CLI or RGL a better dividend stock?

CLS pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.1%. Regional REIT pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share and has a dividend yield of 26.2%. CLS pays out -15.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Regional REIT pays out -18.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Regional REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

CLS beats Regional REIT on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.