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GBX 66.80 +0.60 (+0.91%)
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CLI vs. WKP, RGL, DLN, GPE, SUPR, DIGS, UKCM, HBRN, SHED, 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), Supermarket Income REIT (SUPR), GCP Student Living (DIGS), UK Commercial Property REIT (UKCM), Hibernia REIT (HBRN), Urban Logistics REIT (SHED), and Empiric Student Property (ESP). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.

CLS vs. Its Competitors

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

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%

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 will outperform the market over the long term.

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£154.62M1.72-£207.36M-£51.90-1.29
Workspace Group£184.50M4.26-£192.71M-£100.27-4.08

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 has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Workspace Group has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share 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 12.0%. Workspace Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. 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.

In the previous week, CLS had 4 more articles in the media than Workspace Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for CLS and 2 mentions for Workspace Group. CLS's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Workspace Group's score of 0.02 indicating that CLS is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

CLS presently has a consensus price target of GBX 114, suggesting a potential upside of 70.66%. Given CLS's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

CLS and Workspace Group tied by winning 10 of the 20 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£266.19M£771.95M£1.61B£2.93B
Dividend Yield10.74%12.57%6.32%4.90%
P/E Ratio-1.291.6410.29125.77
Price / Sales1.72190.731,514.04243,030.60
Price / Cash5.6263.0766.7928.07
Price / Book0.320.441.294.76
Net Income-£207.36M-£181.49M-£120.13M£5.91B
7 Day Performance6.03%1.99%0.88%6.94%
1 Month Performance8.79%3.79%2.87%16.70%
1 Year Performance-24.00%10.06%8.68%78.32%

CLS Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CLI
CLS
3.6194 of 5 stars
GBX 66.80
+0.9%
GBX 114
+70.7%
-23.5%£266.19M£154.62M-1.29118News Coverage
Gap Up
WKP
Workspace Group
N/AGBX 410
+0.9%
N/A-25.8%£787.12M£184.50M-4.09293Earnings Report
Dividend Cut
RGL
Regional REIT
N/AGBX 120
+0.5%
N/A+438.5%£193.97M£287.40M-0.75N/AGap Up
DLN
Derwent London
2.6876 of 5 stars
GBX 1,985
+1.5%
GBX 2,700
+36.0%
-14.1%£2.22B£277.67M-6.16199News Coverage
GPE
Great Portland Estates
N/AGBX 339.50
+1.2%
GBX 374
+10.2%
+1.9%£1.36B£230.33M3.38134
SUPR
Supermarket Income REIT
N/AGBX 83.20
flat
N/A+18.2%£1.04B£107.21M-48.94N/A
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
0.582 of 5 stars
GBX 155.45
+0.8%
GBX 142
-8.7%
+30.9%£721.54M£58.96M29.59N/AGap Up
High Trading Volume
ESP
Empiric Student Property
N/AGBX 104.80
+1.6%
N/A+11.3%£694.20M£89.58M11.77150

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This page (LON:CLI) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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