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Derwent London (DLN) Competitors

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GBX 1,948 -23.00 (-1.17%)
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DLN vs. GPE, WKP, CLI, RGL, LAND, LMP, UTG, BLND, 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), LondonMetric Property (LMP), Unite Group (UTG), British Land (BLND), Tritax Big Box REIT (BBOX), and Shaftesbury Capital (SHC). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.

Derwent London vs. Its Competitors

Derwent London (LON:DLN) and Great Portland Estates (LON:GPE) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

Derwent London pays an annual dividend of GBX 80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Great Portland Estates pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. 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.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Derwent London-129.56% -10.41% 1.96%
Great Portland Estates 172.83%15.50%0.79%

72.3% of Derwent London shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.1% of Great Portland Estates shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of Derwent London shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Great Portland Estates shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Derwent London and Derwent London both had 1 articles in the media. Derwent London's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Great Portland Estates'average media sentiment score.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Derwent London
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Great Portland Estates
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Derwent London has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great Portland Estates has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Derwent London presently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,700, suggesting a potential upside of 38.60%. Great Portland Estates has a consensus target price of GBX 378.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.00%. Given Derwent London's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Derwent London is more favorable than Great Portland Estates.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Derwent London
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Great Portland Estates
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Derwent London£277.67M7.85-£359.76M-£322.32-6.04
Great Portland Estates£230.33M5.93£398.10M£100.403.40

Summary

Derwent London beats Great Portland Estates on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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DLN vs. The Competition

MetricDerwent LondonREIT IndustryReal Estate SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.18B£744.68M£1.61B£3.02B
Dividend Yield4.03%12.57%6.25%5.02%
P/E Ratio-6.041.7510.51160.63
Price / Sales7.85187.511,072.37278,114.25
Price / Cash79.7363.0766.7927.97
Price / Book0.640.441.334.69
Net Income-£359.76M-£181.49M-£120.13M£5.90B
7 Day Performance0.10%0.36%0.33%0.28%
1 Month Performance-5.34%1.03%1.10%8.61%
1 Year Performance-11.29%23.79%11.42%78.49%

Derwent London Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DLN
Derwent London
2.0442 of 5 stars
GBX 1,948
-1.2%
GBX 2,700
+38.6%
-9.4%£2.18B£277.67M-6.04199Gap Up
GPE
Great Portland Estates
2.5539 of 5 stars
GBX 349.16
-0.1%
GBX 378.50
+8.4%
+1.6%£1.40B£230.33M3.48134
WKP
Workspace Group
N/AGBX 405.46
0.0%
N/A-32.4%£778.40M£184.50M-4.04293Dividend Cut
High Trading Volume
CLI
CLS
N/AGBX 66.70
-0.4%
GBX 114
+70.9%
-25.4%£265.79M£154.62M-1.29118
RGL
Regional REIT
N/AGBX 123.80
flat
N/A+852.2%£200.11M£287.40M-0.77N/A
LAND
Land Securities Group
2.6752 of 5 stars
GBX 592
+1.0%
GBX 671
+13.3%
-4.9%£4.38B£823.49M-13.73598
LMP
LondonMetric Property
N/AGBX 194.90
+0.1%
GBX 240.50
+23.4%
-1.0%£3.96B£294.22M20.0735
UTG
Unite Group
2.4258 of 5 stars
GBX 805.50
+0.1%
GBX 1,076
+33.6%
-14.8%£3.91B£375.54M12.971,801News Coverage
BLND
British Land
4.1516 of 5 stars
GBX 362.40
+0.3%
GBX 480
+32.5%
-7.4%£3.61B£533.92M3.941,690Positive News
Insider Trade
BBOX
Tritax Big Box REIT
N/AGBX 145.60
-0.1%
GBX 185.50
+27.4%
-10.7%£3.61B£313.39M19.04N/A
SHC
Shaftesbury Capital
1.4406 of 5 stars
GBX 157.08
-0.4%
GBX 174
+10.8%
+7.4%£3.04B£241.46M76.413,000

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This page (LON:DLN) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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