IWG vs. GRI, SVS, SMP, MTVW, LOK, LSL, TPFG, HLCL, FOXT, and UAI
Should you be buying IWG stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IWG include Grainger (GRI), Savills (SVS), St. Modwen Properties (SMP), Mountview Estates (MTVW), Lok'nStore Group (LOK), LSL Property Services (LSL), The Property Franchise Group (TPFG), Helical (HLCL), Foxtons Group (FOXT), and U and I Group (UAI). These companies are all part of the "real estate services" industry.
IWG (LON:IWG) and Grainger (LON:GRI) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.
In the previous week, IWG's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Grainger'saverage media sentiment score.
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.
IWG pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Grainger pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. IWG pays out -952.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Grainger has lower revenue, but higher earnings than IWG.
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.
IWG has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grainger has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
40.8% of IWG shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.3% of Grainger shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.7% of IWG shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Grainger shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
IWG currently has a consensus price target of GBX 215, indicating a potential upside of 21.13%. Grainger has a consensus price target of GBX 284.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.54%. Given IWG's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe IWG is more favorable than Grainger.
Summary
Grainger beats IWG on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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