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British Land (BLND) Competitors

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GBX 355.40 +0.40 (+0.11%)
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BLND vs. AVST, PSN, TEM, RMG, VTY, SPT, GEN, DOCS, WIX, and YOU

Should you be buying British Land stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of British Land include Avast (AVST), Persimmon (PSN), Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM), Royal Mail (RMG), Vistry Group (VTY), Spirent Communications (SPT), Genuit Group (GEN), Dr. Martens (DOCS), Wickes Group (WIX), and YouGov (YOU). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

British Land vs. Its Competitors

British Land (LON:BLND) and Avast (LON:AVST) are both mid-cap computer software companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
British Land£533.92M6.63£914.90M£92.063.86
Avast£940.10M0.00N/A£0.23N/A

69.4% of British Land shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of British Land shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

British Land has a net margin of 171.35% compared to Avast's net margin of 0.00%. British Land's return on equity of 18.53% beat Avast's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
British Land171.35% 18.53% 3.37%
Avast N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, British Land had 1 more articles in the media than Avast. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for British Land and 1 mentions for Avast. British Land's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat Avast's score of 1.60 indicating that British Land is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
British Land
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Avast
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

British Land currently has a consensus target price of GBX 480, suggesting a potential upside of 35.06%. Given British Land's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe British Land is more favorable than Avast.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
British Land
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Avast
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

British Land pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Avast pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.16 per share. British Land pays out 25.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avast pays out 69.6% 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. British Land is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

British Land beats Avast on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BLND 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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BLND vs. The Competition

MetricBritish LandREIT IndustryReal Estate SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£3.54B£1.01B£1.62B£3.07B
Dividend Yield6.15%6.26%6.25%5.02%
P/E Ratio3.867.6110.31167.03
Price / Sales6.63407.401,070.65303,131.58
Price / Cash31.53127.7866.7927.97
Price / Book0.720.731.334.52
Net Income£914.90M£51.66M-£120.13M£5.90B
7 Day Performance2.60%0.11%0.19%1.15%
1 Month Performance0.05%-0.71%-0.65%3.62%
1 Year Performance-9.48%-2.45%9.56%57.70%

British Land Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BLND
British Land
4.179 of 5 stars
GBX 355.40
+0.1%
GBX 480
+35.1%
-9.7%£3.54B£533.92M3.861,690Insider Trade
AVST
Avast
N/AN/AN/AN/A£7.49B£940.10M3,115.651,800High Trading Volume
PSN
Persimmon
2.4306 of 5 stars
GBX 1,158.50
-0.9%
GBX 1,447.50
+24.9%
-25.7%£3.72B£2.92B14.516,180
TEM
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust
N/AGBX 200
+0.5%
N/A+25.0%£2.09B£160.96M16.04N/A
RMG
Royal Mail
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.98B£12.71B339.34100
VTY
Vistry Group
2.1469 of 5 stars
GBX 585.10
-2.8%
GBX 631
+7.8%
-52.1%£1.91B£3.55B7.774,400News Coverage
Insider Trade
SPT
Spirent Communications
1.9221 of 5 stars
GBX 195.20
+0.2%
GBX 236
+20.9%
+11.4%£1.40B£561.21M105.521,526
GEN
Genuit Group
2.0894 of 5 stars
GBX 388.50
-0.4%
GBX 520
+33.8%
-18.5%£963.60M£553.28M40.762,700
DOCS
Dr. Martens
3.1219 of 5 stars
GBX 80.20
-2.0%
GBX 6,000
+7,381.3%
+14.3%£778.55M£874.20M11.37890Dividend Cut
WIX
Wickes Group
1.5714 of 5 stars
GBX 222.82
-0.8%
GBX 215
-3.5%
+47.1%£527.56M£1.45B18.015,930
YOU
YouGov
2.8074 of 5 stars
GBX 316.50
-0.6%
GBX 760
+140.1%
-32.7%£370.35M£335.28M-161.301,820Trending News
Analyst Forecast
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