Safestore (SAFE) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in LAND or SAFE?

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

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, LAND or SAFE?

Safestore has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Land Securities Group	£823.49M	5.06	-£318.80M	-£43.12	-13.06
Safestore	£222.85M	6.00	£263.67M	£121.33	5.06

Is LAND or SAFE a better dividend stock?

Land Securities Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 40 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Safestore pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Land Securities Group pays out -92.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Safestore pays out 24.7% 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. Land Securities Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, LAND or SAFE?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LAND or SAFE?

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 62.76% of users gave Land Securities Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Land Securities Group	Outperform Votes 627 62.76%	Underperform Votes 372 37.24%
Safestore	Outperform Votes 631 78.78%	Underperform Votes 170 21.22%

Do analysts prefer LAND or SAFE?

Land Securities Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 677.67, suggesting a potential upside of 20.34%. 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
Land Securities Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Safestore	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is LAND or SAFE 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 12.38% beat Land Securities Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Land Securities Group	-38.71%	-4.88%	2.40%
Safestore	118.32%	12.38%	2.81%

Does the media refer more to LAND or SAFE?

In the previous week, Land Securities Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Safestore'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Land Securities Group	Neutral
Safestore	Neutral

Summary

Safestore beats Land Securities Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.