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Derwent London (DLN) Competitors

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GBX 1,902 -15.00 (-0.78%)
As of 05/22/2025 11:47 AM Eastern

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Derwent London£277.67M7.67-£359.76M-£322.32-5.90
Great Portland Estates£230.33M5.73£398.10M£100.403.28

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Derwent LondonOutperform Votes
388
51.53%
Underperform Votes
365
48.47%
Great Portland EstatesOutperform Votes
14
58.33%
Underperform Votes
10
41.67%

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%

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.

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)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

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.

Company Overall Sentiment
Derwent London Positive
Great Portland Estates Positive

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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DLN vs. The Competition

MetricDerwent LondonREIT IndustryReal Estate SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.13B£736.50M£1.58B£2.62B
Dividend Yield4.03%12.57%6.37%5.05%
P/E Ratio-5.901.5510.22129.34
Price / Sales7.67182.771,460.10221,585.85
Price / Cash79.7363.0767.7828.03
Price / Book0.620.421.253.79
Net Income-£359.76M-£181.49M-£117.53M£5.88B
7 Day Performance-3.01%-1.34%-0.50%0.30%
1 Month Performance-2.51%3.34%5.11%21.29%
1 Year Performance-14.25%3.62%4.40%129.43%

Derwent London Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DLN
Derwent London
3.4034 of 5 stars
GBX 1,902
-0.8%
GBX 2,700
+42.0%
-16.3%£2.13B£277.67M-5.90199
GPE
Great Portland Estates
2.9247 of 5 stars
GBX 322
-1.4%
GBX 374
+16.1%
-22.0%£1.29B£230.33M3.21134Positive News
Earnings Report
WKP
Workspace Group
2.9703 of 5 stars
GBX 450.50
+0.6%
GBX 700
+55.4%
-23.6%£864.87M£184.50M-4.49293Dividend Cut
CLI
CLS
2.517 of 5 stars
GBX 61.62
+0.4%
GBX 114
+85.0%
-31.9%£245.55M£154.62M-1.19118News Coverage
RGL
Regional REIT
N/AGBX 119
-0.3%
N/A+365.2%£192.36M£287.40M-0.74N/AAnalyst Forecast
Gap Down
LAND
Land Securities Group
1.6145 of 5 stars
GBX 594.60
-0.3%
GBX 651.50
+9.6%
-8.8%£4.40B£823.49M-13.79598Earnings Report
UTG
Unite Group
2.2426 of 5 stars
GBX 819.50
-0.3%
GBX 1,076
+31.3%
-14.6%£3.98B£375.54M13.201,801
BLND
British Land
3.1378 of 5 stars
GBX 396.80
-0.4%
GBX 470
+18.4%
-3.5%£3.95B£533.92M4.311,690News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
LMP
LondonMetric Property
2.8705 of 5 stars
GBX 189.39
-0.4%
GBX 251
+32.5%
-4.3%£3.85B£294.22M19.5035News Coverage
Earnings Report
BBOX
Tritax Big Box REIT
2.4446 of 5 stars
GBX 141.50
-0.2%
GBX 185.33
+31.0%
-12.9%£3.51B£313.39M18.50N/A
SHC
Shaftesbury Capital
1.9569 of 5 stars
GBX 140.60
+0.6%
GBX 174
+23.8%
+1.1%£2.72B£241.46M68.403,000News Coverage

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This page (LON:DLN) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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