SAFE vs. MLI, LAND, LMP, UTG, BLND, BBOX, SHC, DLN, BYG, and IWG
Should you be buying Safestore stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Safestore include Industrials REIT (MLI), Land Securities Group (LAND), LondonMetric Property (LMP), Unite Group (UTG), British Land (BLND), Tritax Big Box REIT (BBOX), Shaftesbury Capital (SHC), Derwent London (DLN), Big Yellow Group (BYG), and IWG (IWG). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Safestore (LON:SAFE) and Industrials REIT (LON:MLI) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and dividends.
Safestore received 618 more outperform votes than Industrials REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 92.86% of users gave Industrials REIT an outperform vote while only 78.78% of users gave Safestore an outperform vote.
Safestore has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Industrials REIT has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
79.7% of Safestore shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.8% of Industrials REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Safestore shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of Industrials REIT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Safestore pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Industrials REIT pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Safestore pays out 3,370.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Industrials REIT pays out 4,375.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Industrials REIT has a net margin of 94.51% compared to Safestore's net margin of 89.29%. Safestore's return on equity of 10.74% beat Industrials REIT's return on equity.
Safestore has higher revenue and earnings than Industrials REIT. Safestore is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Industrials REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Industrials REIT had 3 more articles in the media than Safestore. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Industrials REIT and 0 mentions for Safestore. Industrials REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.08 beat Safestore's score of 0.00 indicating that Industrials REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Safestore beats Industrials REIT on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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