Savills (SVS) Competitors

IWG (LON:IWG) and Savills (LON:SVS) 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 institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability and community ranking.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, IWG or SVS?

Savills has lower revenue, but higher earnings than IWG. IWG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Savills, 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
IWG	£3.74B	0.46	-£180.72M	-£0.14	-1,220.00
Savills	£2.29B	0.62	£44.30M	£0.31	3,387.10

Is IWG or SVS a better dividend stock?

IWG pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Savills pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. IWG pays out -714.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Savills pays out 6,774.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is IWG or SVS more profitable?

Savills has a net margin of 1.93% compared to IWG's net margin of -4.83%. Savills' return on equity of 5.73% beat IWG's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IWG	-4.83%	-89.57%	3.01%
Savills	1.93%	5.73%	2.01%

Which has more risk & volatility, IWG or SVS?

IWG has a beta of 2.1, indicating that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Savills has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IWG or SVS?

IWG received 59 more outperform votes than Savills when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.97% of users gave Savills an outperform vote while only 62.19% of users gave IWG an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IWG	Outperform Votes 250 62.19%	Underperform Votes 152 37.81%
Savills	Outperform Votes 191 64.97%	Underperform Votes 103 35.03%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in IWG or SVS?

41.6% of IWG shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.0% of Savills shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.3% of IWG shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.2% of Savills shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer IWG or SVS?

IWG presently has a consensus target price of GBX 215, indicating a potential upside of 25.88%. Given IWG's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe IWG is more favorable than Savills.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IWG	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Savills	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to IWG or SVS?

In the previous week, Savills had 1 more articles in the media than IWG. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Savills and 0 mentions for IWG. IWG's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Savills' score of 0.00 indicating that IWG is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
IWG	Positive
Savills	Neutral

Summary

IWG and Savills tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.