Warehouse REIT (WHR) Competitors

Anpario (LON:ANP) and Warehouse REIT (LON:WHR) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of ANP or WHR?

44.1% of Anpario shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of Warehouse REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.5% of Anpario shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of Warehouse REIT shares are owned by company 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 recommend ANP or WHR?

Anpario currently has a consensus target price of GBX 435, indicating a potential upside of 23.76%. Warehouse REIT has a consensus target price of GBX 108, indicating a potential upside of 0.56%. Given Anpario's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Anpario is more favorable than Warehouse REIT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Anpario	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Warehouse REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is ANP or WHR more profitable?

Warehouse REIT has a net margin of 856.82% compared to Anpario's net margin of 9.23%. Warehouse REIT's return on equity of 81.53% beat Anpario's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Anpario	9.23%	8.74%	5.51%
Warehouse REIT	856.82%	81.53%	2.51%

Does the media refer more to ANP or WHR?

In the previous week, Anpario had 10 more articles in the media than Warehouse REIT. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Anpario and 1 mentions for Warehouse REIT. Anpario's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Warehouse REIT's score of 0.23 indicating that Anpario is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Anpario	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Warehouse REIT	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, ANP or WHR?

Warehouse REIT has higher revenue and earnings than Anpario. Warehouse REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Anpario, 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
Anpario	£33.50M	1.79	£3.09M	£18.11	19.41
Warehouse REIT	£50.81M	8.95	£435.35M	£103.07	1.04

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ANP or WHR?

Anpario received 44 more outperform votes than Warehouse REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Warehouse REIT an outperform vote while only 64.58% of users gave Anpario an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Anpario	Outperform Votes 155 64.58%	Underperform Votes 85 35.42%
Warehouse REIT	Outperform Votes 111 75.00%	Underperform Votes 37 25.00%

Which has more volatility & risk, ANP or WHR?

Anpario has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Warehouse REIT has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ANP or WHR a better dividend stock?

Anpario pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Warehouse REIT pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Anpario pays out 60.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Warehouse REIT pays out 5.8% 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. Warehouse REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Warehouse REIT beats Anpario on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.