Land Securities Group (LAND) Competitors

GBX 654
+14.00 (+2.19%)
(As of 04/26/2024 ET)

LAND vs. UTG, LMP, BLND, BBOX, SHC, DLN, BYG, GRI, IWG, and SAFE

Should you be buying Land Securities Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Land Securities Group include Unite Group (UTG), LondonMetric Property (LMP), British Land (BLND), Tritax Big Box (BBOX), Shaftesbury Capital (SHC), Derwent London (DLN), Big Yellow Group (BYG), Grainger (GRI), IWG (IWG), and Safestore (SAFE). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.

Land Securities Group vs.

Land Securities Group (LON:LAND) and Unite Group (LON:UTG) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

77.2% of Land Securities Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.2% of Unite Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Land Securities Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Unite Group shares are owned by 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.

Land Securities Group has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unite Group has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Land Securities Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 675.33, suggesting a potential upside of 3.26%. Unite Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,084.25, suggesting a potential upside of 16.34%. Given Unite Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Unite Group is more favorable than Land Securities Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Land Securities Group
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29
Unite Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Land Securities Group received 133 more outperform votes than Unite Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.17% of users gave Unite Group an outperform vote while only 62.90% of users gave Land Securities Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Land Securities GroupOutperform Votes
624
62.90%
Underperform Votes
368
37.10%
Unite GroupOutperform Votes
491
66.17%
Underperform Votes
251
33.83%

Land Securities Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Unite Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 35 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Land Securities Group pays out -4,878.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Unite Group pays out 14,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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 1 more articles in the media than Unite Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Land Securities Group and 0 mentions for Unite Group. Land Securities Group's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Unite Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Land Securities Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Land Securities Group Positive
Unite Group Neutral

Unite Group has a net margin of 31.20% compared to Land Securities Group's net margin of -75.40%. Unite Group's return on equity of 2.62% beat Land Securities Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Land Securities Group-75.40% -8.67% 2.38%
Unite Group 31.20%2.62%2.38%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Land Securities Group£809M6.02-£610M-£0.82-797.56
Unite Group£328.50M12.37£102.50M£0.253,728.00

Summary

Unite Group beats Land Securities Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LAND and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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LAND vs. The Competition

MetricLand Securities GroupREIT IndustryReal Estate SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£4.87B£932.36M£1.39B£1.69B
Dividend Yield6.24%7.06%6.84%10.53%
P/E Ratio-797.56183.99208.671,992.45
Price / Sales6.02629.18359.57383,615.58
Price / Cash98.03107.2859.5426.35
Price / Book0.730.711.382.57
Net Income-£610M-£110.64M-£103.70M£184.68M
7 Day Performance3.07%0.12%0.57%1.58%
1 Month Performance-0.64%-0.81%-0.03%9.78%
1 Year Performance-3.00%-3.33%-4.25%9.97%

Land Securities Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UTG
Unite Group
0.6803 of 5 stars
GBX 933
-0.9%
GBX 1,084.25
+16.2%
-1.9%£4.07B£328.50M3,732.001,801
LMP
LondonMetric Property
0.9476 of 5 stars
GBX 194.30
-0.9%
GBX 229.50
+18.1%
+4.7%£3.96B£146.40M-1,022.6335News Coverage
Gap Down
BLND
British Land
1.0598 of 5 stars
GBX 373.20
-1.7%
GBX 407.25
+9.1%
+0.8%£3.46B£663M-327.37647Positive News
BBOX
Tritax Big Box
1.8137 of 5 stars
GBX 148.30
-1.9%
GBX 172.50
+16.3%
-0.7%£2.82B£228.80M3,707.50N/ANews Coverage
SHC
Shaftesbury Capital
0.9462 of 5 stars
GBX 132
-2.1%
GBX 154.50
+17.0%
+17.7%£2.57B£198M293.33103High Trading Volume
DLN
Derwent London
0.1855 of 5 stars
GBX 2,006
-2.7%
GBX 2,212.50
+10.3%
-13.8%£2.25B£267.40M-473.11199Gap Up
BYG
Big Yellow Group
0.9635 of 5 stars
GBX 1,040
-1.3%
GBX 1,202
+15.6%
-9.4%£2.04B£194.58M1,029.70515Dividend Cut
News Coverage
GRI
Grainger
0.6798 of 5 stars
GBX 251.50
-1.8%
GBX 270
+7.4%
+2.0%£1.86B£267.10M8,383.33372News Coverage
IWG
IWG
0.5538 of 5 stars
GBX 179.30
-1.5%
GBX 215
+19.9%
+11.4%£1.81B£2.96B-853.8110,000Gap Down
SAFE
Safestore
0 of 5 stars
GBX 745
-0.7%
N/A-21.4%£1.63B£224.20M837.08753

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This page (LON:LAND) was last updated on 4/28/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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