TR Property Investment Trust (TRY) Competitors

TR Property Investment Trust (LON:TRY) and B&M European Value Retail (LON:BME) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in TRY or BME?

45.6% of TR Property Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.9% of B&M European Value Retail shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of TR Property Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of B&M European Value Retail shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate TRY or BME?

B&M European Value Retail has a consensus target price of GBX 502.67, suggesting a potential upside of 60.65%. Given B&M European Value Retail's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe B&M European Value Retail is more favorable than TR Property Investment Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TR Property Investment Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
B&M European Value Retail	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.59

Which has more volatility and risk, TRY or BME?

TR Property Investment Trust has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, B&M European Value Retail has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer TRY or BME?

In the previous week, B&M European Value Retail had 1 more articles in the media than TR Property Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for B&M European Value Retail and 4 mentions for TR Property Investment Trust. TR Property Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat B&M European Value Retail's score of 0.98 indicating that TR Property Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TR Property Investment Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
B&M European Value Retail	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TRY or BME?

B&M European Value Retail received 773 more outperform votes than TR Property Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.96% of users gave B&M European Value Retail an outperform vote while only 68.18% of users gave TR Property Investment Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TR Property Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 120 68.18%	Underperform Votes 56 31.82%
B&M European Value Retail	Outperform Votes 893 80.96%	Underperform Votes 210 19.04%

Is TRY or BME a better dividend stock?

TR Property Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. B&M European Value Retail pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. TR Property Investment Trust pays out 16.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. B&M European Value Retail pays out 35.9% 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. TR Property Investment Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TRY or BME?

B&M European Value Retail has higher revenue and earnings than TR Property Investment Trust. TR Property Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than B&M European Value Retail, 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
TR Property Investment Trust	£311.14M	3.09	£284.71M	£89.42	3.38
B&M European Value Retail	£7.27B	0.43	£422.41M	£41.81	7.48

Is TRY or BME more profitable?

TR Property Investment Trust has a net margin of 91.50% compared to B&M European Value Retail's net margin of 5.81%. B&M European Value Retail's return on equity of 43.85% beat TR Property Investment Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TR Property Investment Trust	91.50%	24.54%	-24.58%
B&M European Value Retail	5.81%	43.85%	10.58%

Summary

B&M European Value Retail beats TR Property Investment Trust on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.