DLN vs. GPE, WKP, CLI, RGL, LAND, UTG, BLND, LMP, BBOX, and SHC
Should you be buying Derwent London stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Derwent London include Great Portland Estates (GPE), Workspace Group (WKP), CLS (CLI), Regional REIT (RGL), Land Securities Group (LAND), Unite Group (UTG), British Land (BLND), LondonMetric Property (LMP), Tritax Big Box REIT (BBOX), and Shaftesbury Capital (SHC). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Derwent London vs.
Derwent London (LON:DLN) and Great Portland Estates (LON:GPE) are both real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.
Great Portland Estates has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Derwent London. Derwent London is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Great Portland Estates, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Derwent London received 374 more outperform votes than Great Portland Estates when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.33% of users gave Great Portland Estates an outperform vote while only 51.53% of users gave Derwent London an outperform vote.
Great Portland Estates has a net margin of 172.83% compared to Derwent London's net margin of -129.56%. Great Portland Estates' return on equity of 15.50% beat Derwent London's return on equity.
Derwent London currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,700, indicating a potential upside of 41.96%. Great Portland Estates has a consensus price target of GBX 374, indicating a potential upside of 13.51%. Given Derwent London's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Derwent London is more favorable than Great Portland Estates.
Derwent London has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great Portland Estates has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Derwent London and Derwent London both had 1 articles in the media. Derwent London's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Great Portland Estates' score of 0.90 indicating that Derwent London is being referred to more favorably in the media.
72.3% of Derwent London shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.1% of Great Portland Estates shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of Derwent London shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Great Portland Estates shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Derwent London pays an annual dividend of GBX 80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Great Portland Estates pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Derwent London pays out -24.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Great Portland Estates pays out 12.0% 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. Derwent London is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Derwent London beats Great Portland Estates on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:DLN) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff