GRI vs. IWG, SVS, SMP, MTVW, LOK, LSL, HLCL, TPFG, FOXT, and UAI
Should you be buying Grainger stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Grainger include IWG (IWG), Savills (SVS), St. Modwen Properties (SMP), Mountview Estates (MTVW), Lok'nStore Group (LOK), LSL Property Services (LSL), Helical (HLCL), The Property Franchise Group (TPFG), Foxtons Group (FOXT), and U and I Group (UAI). These companies are all part of the "real estate services" industry.
Grainger (LON:GRI) and IWG (LON:IWG) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and risk.
Grainger received 411 more outperform votes than IWG when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.04% of users gave Grainger an outperform vote while only 62.19% of users gave IWG an outperform vote.
86.3% of Grainger shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.8% of IWG shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Grainger shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.7% of IWG shares are owned 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.
In the previous week, Grainger's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled IWG'saverage media sentiment score.
Grainger currently has a consensus price target of GBX 284.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.56%. IWG has a consensus price target of GBX 215, indicating a potential upside of 19.84%. Given IWG's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe IWG is more favorable than Grainger.
Grainger has higher earnings, but lower revenue than IWG.
Grainger pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. IWG pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. IWG pays out -952.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Grainger has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IWG has a beta of 1.99, suggesting that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Grainger has a net margin of -0.41% compared to IWG's net margin of -7.27%. Grainger's return on equity of -0.06% beat IWG's return on equity.
Summary
Grainger beats IWG on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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