LMP vs. LAND, UTG, BLND, GPOR, SIR, DIGS, HBRN, BCPT, RDI, and MKLW
Should you be buying LondonMetric Property stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LondonMetric Property include Land Securities Group (LAND), Unite Group (UTG), British Land (BLND), Great Portland Estates (GPOR), Secure Income REIT (SIR), GCP Student Living (DIGS), Hibernia REIT (HBRN), Balanced Commercial Property Trust (BCPT), Rdi Reit (RDI), and A & J Mucklow Group P L C (MKLW). These companies are all part of the "reit - diversified" industry.
Land Securities Group (LON:LAND) and LondonMetric Property (LON:LMP) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and community ranking.
Land Securities Group has a net margin of -38.71% compared to Land Securities Group's net margin of -124.25%. LondonMetric Property's return on equity of -5.05% beat Land Securities Group's return on equity.
75.7% of Land Securities Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.7% of LondonMetric Property shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Land Securities Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of LondonMetric Property shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Land Securities Group has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LondonMetric Property has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Land Securities Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. LondonMetric Property pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Land Securities Group pays out -9,302.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LondonMetric Property pays out -5,263.2% 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. Land Securities Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Land Securities Group had 2 more articles in the media than LondonMetric Property. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Land Securities Group and 2 mentions for LondonMetric Property. LondonMetric Property's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Land Securities Group's score of 0.63 indicating that Land Securities Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Land Securities Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 663, indicating a potential upside of 2.63%. LondonMetric Property has a consensus target price of GBX 229.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.94%. Given Land Securities Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe LondonMetric Property is more favorable than Land Securities Group.
LondonMetric Property has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Land Securities Group. Land Securities Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LondonMetric Property, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Land Securities Group received 182 more outperform votes than LondonMetric Property when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.88% of users gave Land Securities Group an outperform vote while only 56.51% of users gave LondonMetric Property an outperform vote.
Summary
Land Securities Group beats LondonMetric Property on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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