SVS vs. IWG, GRI, HMSO, SAFE, SRE, PHP, AGR, GPE, WKP, and SUPR
Should you be buying Savills stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Savills include IWG (IWG), Grainger (GRI), Hammerson (HMSO), Safestore (SAFE), Sirius Real Estate (SRE), Primary Health Properties (PHP), Assura (AGR), Great Portland Estates (GPE), Workspace Group (WKP), and Supermarket Income REIT (SUPR). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
IWG (LON:IWG) and Savills (LON:SVS) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.
In the previous week, Savills had 1 more articles in the media than IWG. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Savills and 2 mentions for IWG. Savills' average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat IWG's score of 0.07 indicating that IWG is being referred to more favorably in the media.
IWG received 59 more outperform votes than Savills when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.97% of users gave Savills an outperform vote while only 62.19% of users gave IWG an outperform vote.
IWG presently has a consensus price target of GBX 215, indicating a potential upside of 13.28%. Given Savills' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe IWG is more favorable than Savills.
39.0% of IWG shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.3% of Savills shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.9% of IWG shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.5% of Savills shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
IWG pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Savills pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. IWG pays out -952.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Savills pays out 7,241.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
IWG has a beta of 2.03, meaning that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Savills has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Savills has a net margin of 1.82% compared to Savills' net margin of -7.27%. IWG's return on equity of 5.07% beat Savills' return on equity.
Savills has lower revenue, but higher earnings than IWG. IWG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Savills, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Savills beats IWG on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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