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Workspace Group (WKP) Competitors

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GBX 532 -6.00 (-1.12%)
(As of 08:35 AM ET)

WKP vs. DLN, GPE, CLI, RGL, LMP, BLND, BBOX, SHC, BYG, and GPOR

Should you be buying Workspace Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Workspace Group include Derwent London (DLN), Great Portland Estates (GPE), CLS (CLI), Regional REIT (RGL), LondonMetric Property (LMP), British Land (BLND), Tritax Big Box REIT (BBOX), Shaftesbury Capital (SHC), Big Yellow Group (BYG), and Great Portland Estates (GPOR). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.

Workspace Group vs.

Derwent London (LON:DLN) and Workspace Group (LON:WKP) are both real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and profitability.

Workspace Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Derwent London. Derwent London is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Workspace Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Derwent London£278.60M8.29-£360.70M-£3.21-640.50
Workspace Group£184.30M5.54-£192.50M-£1.00-532.00

Workspace Group received 160 more outperform votes than Derwent London when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.27% of users gave Workspace Group an outperform vote while only 51.40% of users gave Derwent London an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Derwent LondonOutperform Votes
386
51.40%
Underperform Votes
365
48.60%
Workspace GroupOutperform Votes
546
70.27%
Underperform Votes
231
29.73%

In the previous week, Workspace Group had 1 more articles in the media than Derwent London. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Workspace Group and 0 mentions for Derwent London. Workspace Group's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Derwent London's score of 0.00 indicating that Workspace Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Derwent London Neutral
Workspace Group Neutral

Derwent London has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Workspace Group has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Derwent London presently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,700, indicating a potential upside of 31.32%. Workspace Group has a consensus target price of GBX 647.50, indicating a potential upside of 21.71%. Given Derwent London's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Derwent London is more favorable than Workspace Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Derwent London
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Workspace Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Workspace Group has a net margin of -104.45% compared to Derwent London's net margin of -129.47%. Derwent London's return on equity of -9.90% beat Workspace Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Derwent London-129.47% -9.90% 1.96%
Workspace Group -104.45%-11.54%2.35%

Derwent London pays an annual dividend of GBX 80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Workspace Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Derwent London pays out -2,492.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Workspace Group pays out -2,800.0% 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. Workspace Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

72.3% of Derwent London shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.1% of Workspace Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of Derwent London shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.2% of Workspace Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Workspace Group beats Derwent London on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WKP vs. The Competition

MetricWorkspace GroupREIT IndustryReal Estate SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.02B£750.36M£1.30B£1.39B
Dividend Yield4.38%11.15%7.09%11.73%
P/E Ratio-532.001.66272.011,549.36
Price / Sales5.54245.261,002.51209,059.57
Price / Cash41.1558.6255.6532.93
Price / Book0.660.431.142.80
Net Income-£192.50M-£216.98M-£52.21M£152.70M
7 Day Performance-1.48%-1.57%-0.63%-0.51%
1 Month Performance-10.14%-8.24%-3.96%7.11%
1 Year Performance-2.83%15.33%11.44%91.82%

Workspace Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WKP
Workspace Group
2.8431 of 5 stars
GBX 532
-1.1%
GBX 647.50
+21.7%
-8.8%£1.02B£184.30M-532.00293Dividend Cut
DLN
Derwent London
2.0898 of 5 stars
GBX 2,056
-0.9%
GBX 2,700
+31.3%
-6.3%£2.31B£278.60M-639.75199Gap Up
GPE
Great Portland Estates
3.1467 of 5 stars
GBX 288.50
-2.4%
GBX 423.25
+46.7%
-30.7%£1.17B£105.20M-286.63134Dividend Cut
Insider Trade
News Coverage
CLI
CLS
3.6485 of 5 stars
GBX 83.60
-1.3%
GBX 114
+36.4%
-12.7%£332.24M£154.20M-162.88118Gap Up
RGL
Regional REIT
N/AGBX 123.40
-2.4%
N/A+286.5%£200.02M£91.88M-148.43N/A
LMP
LondonMetric Property
3.2343 of 5 stars
GBX 184.30
-0.3%
GBX 240
+30.2%
+0.4%£3.76B£178M1,673.6435
BLND
British Land
2.8334 of 5 stars
GBX 373.80
-1.4%
GBX 455
+21.7%
+2.0%£3.73B£670M-335.971,690Dividend Increase
News Coverage
Positive News
BBOX
Tritax Big Box REIT
2.6825 of 5 stars
GBX 132.40
-0.2%
GBX 191.75
+44.8%
-15.0%£3.28B£246.90M1,890.29N/A
SHC
Shaftesbury Capital
N/AGBX 128.80
+0.3%
GBX 165.67
+28.6%
+6.2%£2.51B£228.40M-3,220.003,000
BYG
Big Yellow Group
2.8706 of 5 stars
GBX 1,066
+0.4%
GBX 1,343
+26.0%
-0.3%£2.09B£199.62M842.86503Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
GPOR
Great Portland Estates
N/AGBX 735.50
-2.0%
N/A+0.0%£1.87B£100.70M124.66210Gap Up

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This page (LON:WKP) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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