CLS (CLI) Competitors

CLS (LON:CLI) and Workspace Group (LON:WKP) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and risk.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in CLI or WKP?

27.7% of CLS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.1% of Workspace Group shares are held by institutional investors. 66.4% of CLS shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 32.2% of Workspace Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CLI or WKP?

Workspace Group has higher revenue and earnings than CLS. Workspace Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CLS, 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
CLS	£154.62M	1.61	-£207.36M	-£51.90	-1.21
Workspace Group	£184.50M	4.32	-£192.71M	-£100.27	-4.14

Is CLI or WKP more profitable?

Workspace Group has a net margin of -104.45% compared to CLS's net margin of -134.11%. Workspace Group's return on equity of -12.20% beat CLS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CLS	-134.11%	-23.42%	2.30%
Workspace Group	-104.45%	-12.20%	2.35%

Do analysts rate CLI or WKP?

CLS presently has a consensus target price of GBX 114, indicating a potential upside of 82.11%. Workspace Group has a consensus target price of GBX 700, indicating a potential upside of 68.49%. Given CLS's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe CLS is more favorable than Workspace Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CLS	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Workspace Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CLI or WKP?

Workspace Group received 146 more outperform votes than CLS when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 84.75% of users gave CLS an outperform vote while only 70.27% of users gave Workspace Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CLS	Outperform Votes 400 84.75%	Underperform Votes 72 15.25%
Workspace Group	Outperform Votes 546 70.27%	Underperform Votes 231 29.73%

Is CLI or WKP a better dividend stock?

CLS pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.8%. Workspace Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. CLS pays out -15.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Workspace Group pays out -27.9% 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, CLI or WKP?

CLS has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Workspace Group has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CLI or WKP?

In the previous week, Workspace Group had 1 more articles in the media than CLS. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Workspace Group and 1 mentions for CLS. CLS's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Workspace Group's score of 0.39 indicating that CLS is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CLS	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Workspace Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Workspace Group beats CLS on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.