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British Land (BLND) Competitors

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GBX 345.60 -5.20 (-1.48%)
As of 11:57 AM Eastern

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

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 is poised for long-term growth.

British Land has a consensus price target of GBX 480, suggesting a potential upside of 38.89%. 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

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 6.7%. 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.

In the previous week, British Land had 12 more articles in the media than Avast. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for British Land and 0 mentions for Avast. British Land's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Avast's score of 0.00 indicating that British Land is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Avast Neutral
British Land Positive

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£533.92M6.45£914.90M£92.063.75

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£3.44B£1.02B£1.60B£3.00B
Dividend Yield6.15%6.26%6.26%5.02%
P/E Ratio3.757.6410.40169.74
Price / Sales6.45417.181,222.02285,731.20
Price / Cash31.53127.7866.7927.97
Price / Book0.700.751.304.57
Net Income£914.90M£51.66M-£120.13M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-4.00%-0.46%-0.30%2.60%
1 Month Performance-10.74%-0.53%1.57%8.73%
1 Year Performance-16.84%-2.18%10.93%64.80%

British Land Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BLND
British Land
4.1588 of 5 stars
GBX 345.60
-1.5%
GBX 480
+38.9%
-15.8%£3.44B£533.92M3.751,690News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
AVST
Avast
N/AN/AN/AN/A£7.49B£940.10M3,115.651,800High Trading Volume
PSN
Persimmon
1.8368 of 5 stars
GBX 1,203.50
+0.5%
GBX 1,520
+26.3%
-20.3%£3.87B£2.92B15.076,180Gap Down
VTY
Vistry Group
1.8612 of 5 stars
GBX 612.20
-0.4%
GBX 613.33
+0.2%
-54.9%£2.00B£3.55B8.134,400
TEM
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust
N/AGBX 191.15
+0.6%
N/A+17.7%£2.00B£160.96M15.33N/APositive News
RMG
Royal Mail
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.98B£12.71B339.34100
SPT
Spirent Communications
1.9811 of 5 stars
GBX 193
+0.3%
GBX 236
+22.3%
+7.6%£1.39B£561.21M104.331,526
GEN
Genuit Group
1.9982 of 5 stars
GBX 376
+0.9%
GBX 535
+42.3%
-20.0%£932.59M£553.28M39.452,700
DOCS
Dr. Martens
3.4799 of 5 stars
GBX 77.25
-0.4%
GBX 6,000
+7,667.0%
+6.7%£749.92M£874.20M10.95890Dividend Cut
WIX
Wickes Group
1.926 of 5 stars
GBX 228.50
-0.4%
GBX 215
-5.9%
+55.5%£541.02M£1.45B18.475,930
YOU
YouGov
3.0237 of 5 stars
GBX 380.16
+1.5%
GBX 760
+99.9%
-26.5%£444.84M£335.28M-193.741,820Trending News

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