Spirent Communications (SPT) Competitors

British Land (LON:BLND) and Spirent Communications (LON:SPT) are both real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Is BLND or SPT more profitable?

Spirent Communications has a net margin of 2.97% compared to British Land's net margin of -0.15%. Spirent Communications' return on equity of 3.56% beat British Land's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
British Land	-0.15%	0.02%	3.37%
Spirent Communications	2.97%	3.56%	2.77%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BLND or SPT?

British Land received 28 more outperform votes than Spirent Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.80% of users gave British Land an outperform vote while only 59.07% of users gave Spirent Communications an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
British Land	Outperform Votes 624 63.80%	Underperform Votes 354 36.20%
Spirent Communications	Outperform Votes 596 59.07%	Underperform Votes 413 40.93%

Which has better earnings and valuation, BLND or SPT?

Spirent Communications has lower revenue, but higher earnings than British Land.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
British Land	£670M	5.61	-£1M	N/A	N/A
Spirent Communications	£447.70M	2.18	£13.30M	£0.02	8,525.00

Do analysts recommend BLND or SPT?

British Land currently has a consensus price target of GBX 455, suggesting a potential upside of 20.90%. Spirent Communications has a consensus price target of GBX 253.33, suggesting a potential upside of 48.58%. Given Spirent Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Spirent Communications is more favorable than British Land.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
British Land	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Spirent Communications	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to BLND or SPT?

In the previous week, British Land had 8 more articles in the media than Spirent Communications. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for British Land and 1 mentions for Spirent Communications. British Land's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Spirent Communications' score of 0.00 indicating that British Land is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
British Land	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Spirent Communications	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, BLND or SPT?

British Land has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spirent Communications has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BLND or SPT a better dividend stock?

British Land pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Spirent Communications pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Spirent Communications pays out 30,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BLND or SPT?

69.4% of British Land shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 124.2% of Spirent Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of British Land shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Spirent Communications 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.

Summary

British Land beats Spirent Communications on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.