UTG vs. LMP, BLND, LAND, BBOX, SHC, DLN, BYG, GRI, IWG, and SAFE Should you be buying Unite Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Unite Group include LondonMetric Property (LMP), British Land (BLND), Land Securities Group (LAND), Tritax Big Box REIT (BBOX), Shaftesbury Capital (SHC), Derwent London (DLN), Big Yellow Group (BYG), Grainger (GRI), IWG (IWG), and Safestore (SAFE). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
LondonMetric Property (LON:LMP ) and Unite Group (LON:UTG ) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends and media sentiment.
LondonMetric Property pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Unite Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 35 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. LondonMetric Property pays out -5,263.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Unite Group pays out 14,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. LondonMetric Property is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Unite Group has a net margin of 31.20% compared to Unite Group's net margin of -124.25%. LondonMetric Property's return on equity of 2.62% beat Unite Group's return on equity.
63.8% of LondonMetric Property shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.9% of Unite Group shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of LondonMetric Property shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Unite Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Unite Group has higher revenue and earnings than LondonMetric Property. LondonMetric Property is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Unite Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
LondonMetric Property has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unite Group has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
LondonMetric Property presently has a consensus target price of GBX 229.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.70%. Unite Group has a consensus target price of GBX 1,084.25, suggesting a potential upside of 13.47%. Given LondonMetric Property's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Unite Group is more favorable than LondonMetric Property.
In the previous week, LondonMetric Property and LondonMetric Property both had 1 articles in the media. Unite Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat LondonMetric Property's score of -0.99 indicating that LondonMetric Property is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Unite Group received 48 more outperform votes than LondonMetric Property when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.17% of users gave Unite Group an outperform vote while only 56.51% of users gave LondonMetric Property an outperform vote.
Summary Unite Group beats LondonMetric Property on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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