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 better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, 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	£59.95M	8.08	£24.74M	£0.05	2,052.00
Big Yellow Group	£199.62M	9.16	£239.83M	£1.26	742.06

Which has more volatility and risk, SHED or BYG?

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SHED or BYG?

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

Is SHED or BYG more profitable?

Big Yellow Group has a net margin of 120.14% compared to Urban Logistics REIT's net margin of 41.27%. Big Yellow Group's return on equity of 10.36% beat Urban Logistics REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Urban Logistics REIT	41.27%	3.24%	2.62%
Big Yellow Group	120.14%	10.36%	2.84%

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 7.8%. 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 16,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Big Yellow Group pays out 3,571.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts rate SHED or BYG?

Urban Logistics REIT currently has a consensus price target of GBX 142, suggesting a potential upside of 38.40%. Big Yellow Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,343, suggesting a potential upside of 43.64%. 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, Big Yellow Group had 3 more articles in the media than Urban Logistics REIT. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Big Yellow Group and 1 mentions for Urban Logistics REIT. Urban Logistics REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Big Yellow Group's score of -0.15 indicating that Urban Logistics REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Urban Logistics REIT	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Big Yellow Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SHED or BYG?

Big Yellow Group received 276 more outperform votes than Urban Logistics REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.16% 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 45 67.16%	Underperform Votes 22 32.84%
Big Yellow Group	Outperform Votes 321 55.63%	Underperform Votes 256 44.37%

Summary

Big Yellow Group beats Urban Logistics REIT on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.