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GBX 63.40 +0.80 (+1.28%)
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CLI vs. WKP, RGL, DLN, GPE, UKCM, HBRN, SHED, GWI, BCPT, and PRSR

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), UK Commercial Property REIT (UKCM), Hibernia REIT (HBRN), Urban Logistics REIT (SHED), Globalworth Real Estate Investments (GWI), Balanced Commercial Property Trust (BCPT), and Prs Reit (PRSR). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.

CLS vs.

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.

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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CLS£154.62M1.61-£207.36M-£51.90-1.21
Workspace Group£184.50M4.32-£192.71M-£100.27-4.14

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%

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

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CLSOutperform Votes
400
84.75%
Underperform Votes
72
15.25%
Workspace GroupOutperform Votes
546
70.27%
Underperform Votes
231
29.73%

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.

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.

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.

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CLI vs. The Competition

MetricCLSREIT IndustryReal Estate SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£249.45M£736.50M£1.58B£2.62B
Dividend Yield10.74%12.57%6.37%5.05%
P/E Ratio-1.211.5510.22129.34
Price / Sales1.61182.771,460.10221,585.85
Price / Cash5.6263.0767.7828.03
Price / Book0.300.421.253.79
Net Income-£207.36M-£181.49M-£117.53M£5.88B
7 Day Performance0.97%-0.92%-0.29%0.62%
1 Month Performance6.83%3.52%5.41%22.12%
1 Year Performance-31.88%2.46%3.86%120.95%

CLS Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CLI
CLS
2.5091 of 5 stars
GBX 63.40
+1.3%
GBX 114
+79.8%
-31.9%£252.64M£154.62M-1.22118News Coverage
WKP
Workspace Group
2.9721 of 5 stars
GBX 444.90
-0.7%
GBX 700
+57.3%
-23.6%£854.13M£184.50M-4.44293Dividend Cut
RGL
Regional REIT
N/AGBX 117.60
-1.5%
N/A+365.2%£190.09M£287.40M-0.73N/ANews Coverage
Analyst Forecast
DLN
Derwent London
3.4009 of 5 stars
GBX 1,924
-3.5%
GBX 2,700
+40.3%
-16.3%£2.15B£277.67M-5.97199Positive News
Gap Down
GPE
Great Portland Estates
2.9281 of 5 stars
GBX 322.17
-1.3%
GBX 374
+16.1%
-22.0%£1.29B£230.33M3.21134Earnings Report
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
0.9034 of 5 stars
GBX 149.62
-0.3%
GBX 142
-5.1%
+27.9%£694.47M£58.96M28.48N/AHigh Trading Volume
GWI
Globalworth Real Estate Investments
N/AGBX 2.46
+2.1%
N/A-1.7%£685.54M£24.94B-6.77250News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
BCPT
Balanced Commercial Property Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£672.09M£55.75M-1,368.57N/AHigh Trading Volume
PRSR
Prs Reit
N/AGBX 115.40
-0.2%
GBX 120
+4.0%
+41.7%£631.59M£58.11M6.742

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This page (LON:CLI) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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