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