CLS (CLI) Competitors

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

Is CLI or WKP a better dividend stock?

CLS pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.6%. Workspace Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. 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 better 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	1.78	-£207.36M	-£51.90	-1.33
Workspace Group	£184.50M	4.12	-£192.71M	-£100.27	-3.95

Which has more volatility and risk, CLI or WKP?

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate CLI or WKP?

CLS currently has a consensus price target of GBX 114, indicating a potential upside of 65.46%. Given CLS's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to CLI or WKP?

In the previous week, CLS had 5 more articles in the media than Workspace Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for CLS and 1 mentions for Workspace Group. CLS's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Workspace Group's score of 0.00 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

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%

Summary

CLS and Workspace Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.