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British Land (BLND) Competitors

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GBX 361 -2.40 (-0.66%)
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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

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

British Land has a consensus price target of GBX 480, indicating a potential upside of 32.96%. Given British Land's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

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£533.92M6.74£914.90M£92.063.92

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%

69.4% of British Land shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of British Land shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, British Land had 2 more articles in the media than Avast. MarketBeat recorded 3 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 news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
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
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

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 6.4%. 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.

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

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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£3.60B£1.05B£1.61B£2.96B
Dividend Yield6.15%6.31%6.26%5.02%
P/E Ratio3.927.5710.41147.41
Price / Sales6.74425.321,254.60240,143.55
Price / Cash31.53127.7866.7927.97
Price / Book0.730.751.314.54
Net Income£914.90M£51.66M-£120.13M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-4.10%0.37%0.31%1.27%
1 Month Performance-6.48%1.01%2.58%4.62%
1 Year Performance-13.05%1.06%13.27%82.58%

British Land Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BLND
British Land
4.2314 of 5 stars
GBX 361
-0.7%
GBX 480
+33.0%
-12.5%£3.60B£533.92M3.921,690Positive News
AVST
Avast
N/AN/AN/AN/A£7.49B£940.10M3,115.651,800High Trading Volume
PSN
Persimmon
3.0635 of 5 stars
GBX 1,268.50
-2.1%
GBX 1,520
+19.8%
-17.3%£4.08B£2.92B15.886,180
VTY
Vistry Group
1.4083 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
1.8768 of 5 stars
GBX 194.40
-0.3%
GBX 236
+21.4%
+6.3%£1.40B£561.21M105.091,526Positive News
GEN
Genuit Group
2.2752 of 5 stars
GBX 388.50
-1.3%
GBX 535
+37.7%
-16.3%£963.60M£553.28M40.762,700
DOCS
Dr. Martens
2.6525 of 5 stars
GBX 75.05
flat
GBX 6,000
+7,894.7%
+3.1%£728.56M£874.20M10.64890Dividend Cut
High Trading Volume
WIX
Wickes Group
1.887 of 5 stars
GBX 227
+1.1%
GBX 215
-5.3%
+66.4%£537.47M£1.45B18.355,930Gap Down
YOU
YouGov
3.1069 of 5 stars
GBX 388
+3.5%
GBX 760
+95.9%
-16.2%£454.02M£335.28M-197.741,820

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