LMP vs. UTG, BLND, LAND, BBOX, SHC, DLN, BYG, GRI, IWG, and SAFE
Should you be buying LondonMetric Property stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LondonMetric Property include Unite Group (UTG), British Land (BLND), Land Securities Group (LAND), Tritax Big Box REIT (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.
LondonMetric Property (LON:LMP) and Unite Group (LON:UTG) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.
LondonMetric Property pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Unite Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 35 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. LondonMetric Property pays out -5,263.2% 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. LondonMetric Property is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Unite Group has higher revenue and earnings than LondonMetric Property. LondonMetric Property is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Unite Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
56.1% of LondonMetric Property shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.9% of Unite Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of LondonMetric Property shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Unite Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Unite Group has a net margin of 31.20% compared to LondonMetric Property's net margin of -124.25%. Unite Group's return on equity of 2.62% beat LondonMetric Property's return on equity.
Unite Group received 48 more outperform votes than LondonMetric Property when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.17% of users gave Unite Group an outperform vote while only 56.51% of users gave LondonMetric Property an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Unite Group had 1 more articles in the media than LondonMetric Property. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Unite Group and 1 mentions for LondonMetric Property. Unite Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat LondonMetric Property's score of 0.00 indicating that Unite Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
LondonMetric Property currently has a consensus price target of GBX 229.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.76%. Unite Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,084.25, suggesting a potential upside of 13.06%. Given Unite Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Unite Group is more favorable than LondonMetric Property.
LondonMetric Property has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unite Group has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Unite Group beats LondonMetric Property on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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