TR Property Investment Trust (TRY) Competitors

Unite Group (LON:UTG) and TR Property Investment Trust (LON:TRY) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, UTG or TRY?

Unite Group has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TR Property Investment Trust has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, UTG or TRY?

Unite Group has higher revenue and earnings than TR Property Investment Trust. TR Property Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Unite Group, 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
Unite Group	£375.54M	9.45	£299.23M	£62.09	11.78
TR Property Investment Trust	£311.14M	3.32	£284.71M	£89.42	3.64

Do analysts recommend UTG or TRY?

Unite Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,052, indicating a potential upside of 43.81%. Given Unite Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Unite Group is more favorable than TR Property Investment Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Unite Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
TR Property Investment Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is UTG or TRY more profitable?

TR Property Investment Trust has a net margin of 91.50% compared to Unite Group's net margin of 79.68%. TR Property Investment Trust's return on equity of 24.54% beat Unite Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Unite Group	79.68%	6.45%	2.50%
TR Property Investment Trust	91.50%	24.54%	-24.58%

Does the media favor UTG or TRY?

In the previous week, Unite Group and Unite Group both had 2 articles in the media. TR Property Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Unite Group's score of -0.65 indicating that TR Property Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Unite Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
TR Property Investment Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in UTG or TRY?

81.1% of Unite Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.6% of TR Property Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Unite Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of TR Property Investment Trust shares are held by company 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 UTG or TRY a better dividend stock?

Unite Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. TR Property Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Unite Group pays out 58.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TR Property Investment Trust pays out 16.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Summary

Unite Group beats TR Property Investment Trust on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.