Urban Logistics REIT (SHED) Competitors

Urban Logistics REIT (LON:SHED) and Big Yellow Group (LON:BYG) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.

Is SHED or BYG a better dividend stock?

Urban Logistics REIT pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Big Yellow Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 45 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Urban Logistics REIT pays out 152.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Big Yellow Group pays out 36.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SHED or BYG?

Big Yellow Group has higher revenue and earnings than Urban Logistics REIT. Big Yellow Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Urban Logistics REIT, 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
Urban Logistics REIT	£58.96M	9.07	£24.33M	£5.25	21.93
Big Yellow Group	£200.54M	9.23	£240.94M	£123.43	7.67

Which has more volatility & risk, SHED or BYG?

Urban Logistics REIT has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Big Yellow Group has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer SHED or BYG?

Urban Logistics REIT currently has a consensus target price of GBX 142, suggesting a potential upside of 23.26%. Big Yellow Group has a consensus target price of GBX 1,343, suggesting a potential upside of 41.82%. Given Big Yellow Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Big Yellow Group is more favorable than Urban Logistics REIT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Urban Logistics REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Big Yellow Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the media refer more to SHED or BYG?

In the previous week, Urban Logistics REIT had 1 more articles in the media than Big Yellow Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Urban Logistics REIT and 0 mentions for Big Yellow Group. Urban Logistics REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Big Yellow Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Urban Logistics REIT	Neutral
Big Yellow Group	Neutral

Is SHED or BYG more profitable?

Big Yellow Group has a net margin of 120.15% compared to Urban Logistics REIT's net margin of 41.27%. Big Yellow Group's return on equity of 10.18% beat Urban Logistics REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Urban Logistics REIT	41.27%	3.25%	2.62%
Big Yellow Group	120.15%	10.18%	2.84%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SHED or BYG?

Big Yellow Group received 275 more outperform votes than Urban Logistics REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.65% of users gave Urban Logistics REIT an outperform vote while only 55.63% of users gave Big Yellow Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Urban Logistics REIT	Outperform Votes 46 67.65%	Underperform Votes 22 32.35%
Big Yellow Group	Outperform Votes 321 55.63%	Underperform Votes 256 44.37%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SHED or BYG?

88.6% of Urban Logistics REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.7% of Big Yellow Group shares are held by institutional investors. 4.9% of Urban Logistics REIT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Big Yellow Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Big Yellow Group beats Urban Logistics REIT on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.