Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust (SERE) Competitors

Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust (LON:SERE) and Picton Property Income (LON:PCTN) 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 analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SERE or PCTN?

Picton Property Income received 96 more outperform votes than Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.13% of users gave Picton Property Income an outperform vote while only 65.45% of users gave Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 36 65.45%	Underperform Votes 19 34.55%
Picton Property Income	Outperform Votes 132 72.13%	Underperform Votes 51 27.87%

Which has more volatility and risk, SERE or PCTN?

Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Picton Property Income has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SERE or PCTN?

42.5% of Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of Picton Property Income shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Picton Property Income shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SERE or PCTN a better dividend stock?

Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Picton Property Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust pays out -25,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Picton Property Income pays out -40,000.0% 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.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, SERE or PCTN?

Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Picton Property Income. Picton Property Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust, 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
Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust	£21.25M	3.93	-£2.90M	-£0.02	-3,120.00
Picton Property Income	£54.69M	6.34	-£4.79M	-£0.01	-6,350.00

Is SERE or PCTN more profitable?

Picton Property Income has a net margin of -8.76% compared to Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust's net margin of -13.65%. Picton Property Income's return on equity of -0.89% beat Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust	-13.65%	-1.70%	2.85%
Picton Property Income	-8.76%	-0.89%	2.49%

Does the media favor SERE or PCTN?

In the previous week, Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Picton Property Income'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust	Neutral
Picton Property Income	Neutral

Summary

Picton Property Income beats Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.