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British Land (BLND) Competitors

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GBX 337.40 -3.00 (-0.88%)
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BLND vs. AVST, PSN, VTY, TEM, RMG, 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), Vistry Group (VTY), Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM), Royal Mail (RMG), 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

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

Avast pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.16 per share. British Land pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Avast pays out 69.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. British Land pays out 25.0% 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.

British Land has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Avast£940.10M0.00N/A£0.23N/A
British Land£533.92M6.30£914.90M£92.063.66

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, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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
AvastN/A N/A N/A
British Land 171.35%18.53%3.37%

In the previous week, Avast had 1 more articles in the media than British Land. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Avast and 0 mentions for British Land. British Land's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Avast's score of 0.00 indicating that British Land is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Avast Neutral
British Land Positive

British Land has a consensus target price of GBX 480, indicating a potential upside of 42.26%. Given British Land's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe British Land is more favorable than Avast.

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

Summary

British Land beats Avast on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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£3.36B£989.25M£1.64B£3.18B
Dividend Yield6.15%6.26%6.30%5.04%
P/E Ratio3.667.5810.91166.92
Price / Sales6.30393.77929.65448,413.15
Price / Cash31.53127.7866.7927.93
Price / Book0.680.721.316.35
Net Income£914.90M£51.66M-£120.13M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-1.92%0.18%0.25%0.76%
1 Month Performance-6.10%-0.60%0.51%49.50%
1 Year Performance-17.18%-4.11%8.13%141.61%

British Land Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BLND
British Land
4.2585 of 5 stars
GBX 337.40
-0.9%
GBX 480
+42.3%
-17.0%£3.36B£533.92M3.661,690Positive News
AVST
Avast
N/AN/AN/AN/A£7.49B£940.10M3,115.651,800News Coverage
Negative News
High Trading Volume
PSN
Persimmon
3.0248 of 5 stars
GBX 1,130
+3.1%
GBX 1,431.25
+26.7%
N/A£3.63B£2.92B14.156,180Gap Up
VTY
Vistry Group
2.1952 of 5 stars
GBX 644.40
+2.0%
GBX 631
-2.1%
-53.6%£2.11B£3.55B8.564,400News Coverage
Positive News
TEM
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust
N/AGBX 200.50
+0.4%
N/A+23.8%£2.10B£160.96M16.08N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
RMG
Royal Mail
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.98B£12.71B339.34100
SPT
Spirent Communications
1.6946 of 5 stars
GBX 196.60
+0.1%
GBX 236
+20.0%
+10.6%£1.41B£561.21M106.281,526News Coverage
GEN
Genuit Group
1.5889 of 5 stars
GBX 367.50
+1.5%
GBX 506.67
+37.9%
-23.7%£911.51M£553.28M38.562,700
DOCS
Dr. Martens
3.3284 of 5 stars
GBX 84.45
+4.2%
GBX 6,000
+7,004.8%
+25.0%£819.81M£874.20M11.97890Positive News
Dividend Cut
WIX
Wickes Group
1.6214 of 5 stars
GBX 216
-0.2%
GBX 215
-0.5%
+22.7%£511.42M£1.45B17.465,930News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
YOU
YouGov
2.9863 of 5 stars
GBX 327
+2.0%
GBX 662.50
+102.6%
-32.5%£382.64M£335.28M-166.651,820

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