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CLS (CLI) Competitors

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GBX 58.60 -1.50 (-2.50%)
As of 10/10/2025 12:27 PM Eastern

CLI vs. WKP, RGL, DLN, GPE, SUPR, DIGS, UKCM, HBRN, SHED, and BCPT

Should you be buying CLS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CLS include Workspace Group (WKP), Regional REIT (RGL), Derwent London (DLN), Great Portland Estates (GPE), Supermarket Income REIT (SUPR), GCP Student Living (DIGS), UK Commercial Property REIT (UKCM), Hibernia REIT (HBRN), Urban Logistics REIT (SHED), and Balanced Commercial Property Trust (BCPT). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.

CLS vs. Its Competitors

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

47.7% of Workspace Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.0% of CLS shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Workspace Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 60.6% of CLS shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, CLS had 8 more articles in the media than Workspace Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for CLS and 1 mentions for Workspace Group. CLS's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Workspace Group's score of 1.16 indicating that CLS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

CLS has a consensus target price of GBX 85, indicating a potential upside of 45.05%. Given CLS's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CLS is more favorable than Workspace Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Workspace Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
CLS
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Workspace Group has higher revenue and earnings than CLS. CLS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Workspace Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Workspace Group£185.20M4.06-£192.71M£0.0313,964.29
CLS£146M1.60-£207.36M-£0.14-409.79

Workspace Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. CLS pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Workspace Group pays out 1,014.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CLS pays out -36.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CLS is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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

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
Workspace Group-104.45% -12.20% 2.35%
CLS -134.11%-23.42%2.30%

Summary

Workspace Group beats CLS on 10 of the 18 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 CLI 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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CLI vs. The Competition

MetricCLSREIT IndustryReal Estate SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£239.26M£744.71M£1.81B£2.59B
Dividend Yield6.62%11.44%6.80%5.30%
P/E Ratio-409.79660.33275.284,387.87
Price / Sales1.60279.10525.38100,188.31
Price / Cash5.6263.0766.7927.90
Price / Book0.280.431.338.19
Net Income-£207.36M-£181.49M-£120.13M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-4.56%-2.09%-0.86%-0.20%
1 Month Performance9.53%0.02%-1.02%2.12%
1 Year Performance-40.20%-13.09%-0.62%148.20%

CLS Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CLI
CLS
3.3661 of 5 stars
GBX 58.60
-2.5%
GBX 85
+45.1%
-40.2%£239.26M£146M-409.79118News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
WKP
Workspace Group
N/AGBX 400
+0.9%
N/A-37.5%£769.02M£185.20M14,285.71293News Coverage
Dividend Cut
RGL
Regional REIT
2.5513 of 5 stars
GBX 117.40
-0.8%
GBX 140
+19.3%
-13.3%£190.29M-£33.29M-350.45N/A
DLN
Derwent London
2.5343 of 5 stars
GBX 1,749
+0.3%
GBX 2,290
+30.9%
-26.3%£1.96B£220.70M827.54199
GPE
Great Portland Estates
3.4403 of 5 stars
GBX 319.50
+0.3%
GBX 395.50
+23.8%
-6.5%£1.29B£94.20M1,061.46134Analyst Forecast
SUPR
Supermarket Income REIT
1.0472 of 5 stars
GBX 78.10
-0.4%
GBX 79
+1.2%
+8.3%£973.31M£77.46M1,394.64N/ANews Coverage
Analyst Forecast
DIGS
GCP Student Living
N/AN/AN/AN/A£966.92M£36.29M8.43112Gap Up
UKCM
UK Commercial Property REIT
N/AN/AN/AN/A£947.70M£73.09M-270.00N/A
HBRN
Hibernia REIT
N/AN/AN/AN/A£906.02M£66.21M35.1035
SHED
Urban Logistics REIT
N/AGBX 156
flat
N/A+25.2%£724.09M£58.96M29.70N/AHigh Trading Volume
BCPT
Balanced Commercial Property Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£672.09M£55.75M-1,368.57N/AHigh Trading Volume

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This page (LON:CLI) was last updated on 10/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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