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CLI vs. WKP, RGL, DLN, GPE, HBRN, GWI, SHED, BCPT, PRSR, and ESP

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), Hibernia REIT (HBRN), Globalworth Real Estate Investments (GWI), Urban Logistics REIT (SHED), Balanced Commercial Property Trust (BCPT), Prs Reit (PRSR), and Empiric Student Property (ESP). 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 valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings and dividends.

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 stock 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£154.62M1.70-£207.36M-£51.90-1.27
Workspace Group£184.50M4.69-£192.71M-£100.27-4.49

In the previous week, CLS's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Workspace Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
CLS Neutral
Workspace Group Neutral

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

CLS pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.1%. Workspace Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. 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.

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%

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 price target of GBX 114, suggesting a potential upside of 72.83%. Workspace Group has a consensus price target of GBX 647.50, suggesting a potential upside of 43.78%. Given CLS's higher possible upside, research 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)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Workspace Group beats CLS on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CLI vs. The Competition

MetricCLSREIT IndustryReal Estate SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£262.85M£739.31M£1.58B£2.58B
Dividend Yield10.74%12.57%6.67%4.97%
P/E Ratio-1.271.529.70133.24
Price / Sales1.70189.21402.64229,439.18
Price / Cash5.6263.0767.5428.12
Price / Book0.310.431.234.57
Net Income-£207.36M-£181.49M-£115.81M£5.84B
7 Day Performance12.18%1.76%1.30%2.97%
1 Month Performance1.62%-0.05%1.54%10.15%
1 Year Performance-24.18%4.08%6.30%116.21%

CLS Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CLI
CLS
N/AGBX 65.96
+1.5%
GBX 114
+72.8%
-22.1%£262.85M£154.62M-1.27118
WKP
Workspace Group
2.645 of 5 stars
GBX 439
+2.6%
GBX 647.50
+47.5%
-9.9%£842.80M£184.50M-4.38293Dividend Cut
RGL
Regional REIT
N/AGBX 113.60
+3.3%
N/A+417.4%£183.63M£287.40M-0.71N/A
DLN
Derwent London
2.642 of 5 stars
GBX 1,965
+0.1%
GBX 2,700
+37.4%
-1.5%£2.20B£277.67M-6.10199
GPE
Great Portland Estates
2.897 of 5 stars
GBX 307
-0.6%
GBX 374
+21.8%
-19.2%£1.23B£230.33M3.06134
HBRN
Hibernia REIT
N/AN/AN/AN/A£906.02M£66.21M35.1035
GWI
Globalworth Real Estate Investments
N/AGBX 2.50
+2.0%
N/A-0.4%£696.69M£24.94B-6.88250Gap Down
SHED
Urban Logistics REIT
0.8174 of 5 stars
GBX 145.20
-0.1%
GBX 142
-2.2%
+26.1%£673.96M£58.96M27.64N/A
BCPT
Balanced Commercial Property Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£672.09M£55.75M-1,368.57N/AHigh Trading Volume
PRSR
Prs Reit
2.2719 of 5 stars
GBX 115.81
+0.7%
GBX 120
+3.6%
+47.0%£633.83M£58.11M6.772News Coverage
ESP
Empiric Student Property
N/AGBX 90.90
+0.8%
N/A+1.7%£602.13M£89.58M10.21150Positive News

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This page (LON:CLI) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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