British Land (BLND) 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.

Do analysts prefer AVST or BLND?

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

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, 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	£533.92M	6.74	£914.90M	£92.06	3.92

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%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AVST or BLND?

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.

Does the media refer more to AVST or BLND?

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

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 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.