CLI vs. GPE, WKP, RGL, DLN, PHP, AGR, SMP, CSP, DIGS, and UKCM
Should you be buying CLS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CLS include Great Portland Estates (GPE), Workspace Group (WKP), Regional REIT (RGL), Derwent London (DLN), Primary Health Properties (PHP), Assura (AGR), St. Modwen Properties (SMP), Countryside Partnerships (CSP), GCP Student Living (DIGS), and UK Commercial Property REIT (UKCM). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Great Portland Estates (LON:GPE) and CLS (LON:CLI) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.
CLS has a net margin of -134.11% compared to Great Portland Estates' net margin of -292.59%. Great Portland Estates' return on equity of -17.58% beat CLS's return on equity.
CLS received 384 more outperform votes than Great Portland Estates when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.68% of users gave CLS an outperform vote while only 60.87% of users gave Great Portland Estates an outperform vote.
CLS has higher revenue and earnings than Great Portland Estates. Great Portland Estates is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CLS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Great Portland Estates has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less 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.
Great Portland Estates pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. CLS pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Great Portland Estates pays out -1,188.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CLS pays out -1,538.5% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Great Portland Estates had 1 more articles in the media than CLS. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Great Portland Estates and 3 mentions for CLS. Great Portland Estates' average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat CLS's score of 0.30 indicating that Great Portland Estates is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Great Portland Estates currently has a consensus target price of GBX 423.25, suggesting a potential upside of 20.41%. CLS has a consensus target price of GBX 114, suggesting a potential upside of 26.25%. Given CLS's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CLS is more favorable than Great Portland Estates.
60.3% of Great Portland Estates shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.7% of CLS shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Great Portland Estates shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 66.4% of CLS shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
CLS beats Great Portland Estates on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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