Safestore (SAFE) Competitors

Safestore (LON:SAFE) and Land Securities Group (LON:LAND) are both real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.

Which has better earnings & valuation, SAFE or LAND?

Safestore has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Land Securities Group. Land Securities Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Safestore, 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
Safestore	£223.30M	6.03	£264.20M	£1.21	509.50
Land Securities Group	£824M	5.29	-£319M	-£0.43	-1,360.47

Does the media favor SAFE or LAND?

In the previous week, Land Securities Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Safestore's score of -0.76 indicating that Land Securities Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Safestore	Negative
Land Securities Group	Neutral

Do analysts prefer SAFE or LAND?

Land Securities Group has a consensus price target of GBX 675.33, indicating a potential upside of 15.44%. Given Land Securities Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Land Securities Group is more favorable than Safestore.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Safestore	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Land Securities Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more risk and volatility, SAFE or LAND?

Safestore has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Land Securities Group has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SAFE or LAND?

85.3% of Safestore shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.5% of Land Securities Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Safestore shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Land Securities Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SAFE or LAND?

Safestore received 4 more outperform votes than Land Securities Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.78% of users gave Safestore an outperform vote while only 62.83% of users gave Land Securities Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Safestore	Outperform Votes 631 78.78%	Underperform Votes 170 21.22%
Land Securities Group	Outperform Votes 627 62.83%	Underperform Votes 371 37.17%

Is SAFE or LAND a better dividend stock?

Safestore pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Land Securities Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Safestore pays out 2,479.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Land Securities Group pays out -9,302.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Land Securities Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is SAFE or LAND more profitable?

Safestore has a net margin of 118.32% compared to Land Securities Group's net margin of -38.71%. Safestore's return on equity of 13.58% beat Land Securities Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Safestore	118.32%	13.58%	2.81%
Land Securities Group	-38.71%	-5.05%	2.40%

Summary

Safestore beats Land Securities Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.