SHC vs. HMSO, DLN, BBOX, BYG, GRI, IWG, SAFE, BLND, SVS, and UTG
Should you be buying Shaftesbury Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shaftesbury Capital include Hammerson (HMSO), Derwent London (DLN), Tritax Big Box REIT (BBOX), Big Yellow Group (BYG), Grainger (GRI), IWG (IWG), Safestore (SAFE), British Land (BLND), Savills (SVS), and Unite Group (UTG). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Shaftesbury Capital (LON:SHC) and Hammerson (LON:HMSO) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
Shaftesbury Capital has a net margin of 378.99% compared to Hammerson's net margin of -21.30%. Shaftesbury Capital's return on equity of 29.77% beat Hammerson's return on equity.
68.5% of Shaftesbury Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.9% of Hammerson shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Shaftesbury Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.6% of Hammerson 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.
Hammerson received 529 more outperform votes than Shaftesbury Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Shaftesbury Capital an outperform vote while only 57.58% of users gave Hammerson an outperform vote.
Shaftesbury Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hammerson. Hammerson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shaftesbury Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Hammerson had 6 more articles in the media than Shaftesbury Capital. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Hammerson and 0 mentions for Shaftesbury Capital. Hammerson's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Shaftesbury Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that Hammerson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Shaftesbury Capital presently has a consensus price target of GBX 154.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.28%. Hammerson has a consensus price target of GBX 34, indicating a potential upside of 17.24%. Given Hammerson's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hammerson is more favorable than Shaftesbury Capital.
Shaftesbury Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Hammerson pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Shaftesbury Capital pays out 666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hammerson pays out -20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hammerson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Shaftesbury Capital has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hammerson has a beta of 2.31, meaning that its share price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Hammerson beats Shaftesbury Capital on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SHC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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