British Land (BLND) Competitors

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

Is AVST or BLND a better dividend stock?

Avast pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.16 per share. British Land pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Avast pays out 69.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. British Land pays out 65.4% 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.

Do analysts recommend AVST or BLND?

British Land has a consensus price target of GBX 480, indicating a potential upside of 43.46%. 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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, AVST or BLND?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Avast	£940.10M	0.00	N/A	£0.23	N/A
British Land	£454M	7.37	£914.90M	£0.35	955.95

Do institutionals & insiders believe in AVST or BLND?

45.9% of British Land shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of British Land shares are owned 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.

Is AVST or BLND more profitable?

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

Does the media prefer AVST or BLND?

In the previous week, Avast's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat British Land's score of 0.00 indicating that Avast is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Avast	Very Positive
British Land	Neutral

Summary

British Land beats Avast on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.