TPFG vs. LOK, MTVW, LSL, HLCL, FOXT, UAI, PSDL, BLV, PNS, and GR1T
Should you be buying The Property Franchise Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Property Franchise Group include Lok'nStore Group (LOK), Mountview Estates (MTVW), LSL Property Services (LSL), Helical (HLCL), Foxtons Group (FOXT), U and I Group (UAI), Phoenix Spree Deutschland (PSDL), Belvoir Group (BLV), Panther Securities (PNS), and Grit Real Estate Income Group (GR1T). These companies are all part of the "real estate services" industry.
The Property Franchise Group vs.
Lok'nStore Group (LON:LOK) and The Property Franchise Group (LON:TPFG) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and media sentiment.
Lok'nStore Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share. The Property Franchise Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Lok'nStore Group pays out 14,615.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. The Property Franchise Group pays out 6,842.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. The Property Franchise Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
53.1% of Lok'nStore Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.3% of The Property Franchise Group shares are held by institutional investors. 26.9% of Lok'nStore Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.9% of The Property Franchise Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
The Property Franchise Group has higher revenue and earnings than Lok'nStore Group. Lok'nStore Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Property Franchise Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lok'nStore Group received 3 more outperform votes than The Property Franchise Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.44% of users gave The Property Franchise Group an outperform vote while only 62.46% of users gave Lok'nStore Group an outperform vote.
The Property Franchise Group has a consensus target price of GBX 589, indicating a potential upside of 49.49%. Given The Property Franchise Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe The Property Franchise Group is more favorable than Lok'nStore Group.
In the previous week, The Property Franchise Group had 7 more articles in the media than Lok'nStore Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for The Property Franchise Group and 0 mentions for Lok'nStore Group. The Property Franchise Group's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Lok'nStore Group's score of 0.00 indicating that The Property Franchise Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
The Property Franchise Group has a net margin of 18.95% compared to Lok'nStore Group's net margin of 14.34%. The Property Franchise Group's return on equity of 8.48% beat Lok'nStore Group's return on equity.
Lok'nStore Group has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Property Franchise Group has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
The Property Franchise Group beats Lok'nStore Group on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:TPFG) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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