CLI vs. RGL, WKP, GPE, WHR, CREI, PCTN, IHR, LOK, MTVW, and LSL
Should you be buying CLS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CLS include Regional REIT (RGL), Workspace Group (WKP), Great Portland Estates (GPE), Warehouse REIT (WHR), Custodian Property Income REIT (CREI), Picton Property Income (PCTN), Impact Healthcare REIT (IHR), Lok'nStore Group (LOK), Mountview Estates (MTVW), and LSL Property Services (LSL). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Regional REIT (LON:RGL) and CLS (LON:CLI) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, Regional REIT had 1 more articles in the media than CLS. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Regional REIT and 0 mentions for CLS. CLS's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Regional REIT's score of 0.00 indicating that Regional REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Regional REIT pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 20.9%. CLS pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. Regional REIT pays out -3,846.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CLS pays out -1,269.8% 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. Regional REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Regional REIT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CLS. Regional REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CLS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Regional REIT has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CLS has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Regional REIT has a net margin of -73.42% compared to Regional REIT's net margin of -167.99%. CLS's return on equity of -19.03% beat Regional REIT's return on equity.
CLS has a consensus target price of GBX 114, suggesting a potential upside of 29.55%. Given Regional REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CLS is more favorable than Regional REIT.
21.9% of Regional REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.6% of CLS shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.3% of Regional REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 66.3% of CLS shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
CLS received 194 more outperform votes than Regional REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.65% of users gave CLS an outperform vote while only 77.48% of users gave Regional REIT an outperform vote.
Summary
CLS beats Regional REIT on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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