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British Land (BLND) Competitors

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GBX 363.40 -1.80 (-0.49%)
As of 07/4/2025

BLND vs. AVST, PSN, VTY, RMG, TEM, 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), Royal Mail (RMG), Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM), 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.

British Land pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. 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.

In the previous week, British Land had 6 more articles in the media than Avast. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for British Land and 1 mentions for Avast. British Land's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Avast's score of 0.00 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
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Avast
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

British Land currently has a consensus target price of GBX 480, indicating a potential upside of 32.09%. Given British Land's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities 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)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Avast
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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£533.92M6.78£914.90M£92.063.95
Avast£940.10M0.00N/A£0.23N/A

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£3.62B£1.05B£1.62B£2.96B
Dividend Yield6.15%6.31%6.26%5.02%
P/E Ratio3.957.5210.48147.88
Price / Sales6.78423.541,332.13258,917.23
Price / Cash31.53127.7866.7927.97
Price / Book0.740.751.314.61
Net Income£914.90M£51.66M-£120.13M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-3.61%-0.02%0.12%1.04%
1 Month Performance-5.85%0.79%2.37%4.36%
1 Year Performance-12.48%0.78%13.03%82.36%

British Land Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BLND
British Land
4.2407 of 5 stars
GBX 363.40
-0.5%
GBX 480
+32.1%
-12.5%£3.62B£533.92M3.951,690
AVST
Avast
N/AN/AN/AN/A£7.49B£940.10M3,115.651,800News Coverage
High Trading Volume
PSN
Persimmon
3.0804 of 5 stars
GBX 1,268.50
-2.1%
GBX 1,520
+19.8%
-17.3%£4.08B£2.92B15.886,180News Coverage
VTY
Vistry Group
1.4124 of 5 stars
GBX 629.60
-1.3%
GBX 613.33
-2.6%
-52.5%£2.06B£3.55B8.374,400
RMG
Royal Mail
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.98B£12.71B339.34100
TEM
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust
N/AGBX 187.60
+0.2%
N/A+15.9%£1.96B£160.96M15.04N/APositive News
SPT
Spirent Communications
1.8807 of 5 stars
GBX 194.40
-0.3%
GBX 236
+21.4%
+6.3%£1.40B£561.21M105.091,526Gap Up
GEN
Genuit Group
2.2776 of 5 stars
GBX 388.50
-1.3%
GBX 535
+37.7%
-16.3%£963.60M£553.28M40.762,700News Coverage
DOCS
Dr. Martens
2.6675 of 5 stars
GBX 75.05
flat
GBX 6,000
+7,894.7%
+3.1%£728.56M£874.20M10.64890Dividend Cut
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
WIX
Wickes Group
1.8937 of 5 stars
GBX 227
+1.1%
GBX 215
-5.3%
+66.4%£537.47M£1.45B18.355,930
YOU
YouGov
2.9264 of 5 stars
GBX 388
+3.5%
GBX 760
+95.9%
-16.2%£454.02M£335.28M-197.741,820

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This page (LON:BLND) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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