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Derwent London (DLN) Competitors

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GBX 2,012 +2.00 (+0.10%)
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DLN vs. GPE, WKP, CLI, RGL, LAND, UTG, LMP, 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), Unite Group (UTG), LondonMetric Property (LMP), 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.

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

Derwent London received 373 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 51.46% of users gave Derwent London an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Great Portland EstatesOutperform Votes
14
58.33%
Underperform Votes
10
41.67%
Derwent LondonOutperform Votes
387
51.46%
Underperform Votes
365
48.54%

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

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
Great Portland Estates172.83% 15.50% 0.79%
Derwent London -129.56%-10.41%1.96%

Great Portland Estates has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Great Portland Estates£230.33M5.49£398.10M£100.403.14
Derwent London£277.67M8.10-£359.76M-£322.32-6.24

Great Portland Estates currently has a consensus target price of GBX 374, indicating a potential upside of 18.54%. Derwent London has a consensus target price of GBX 2,700, indicating a potential upside of 34.33%. Given Derwent London's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Derwent London is more favorable than Great Portland Estates.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Great Portland Estates
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Derwent London
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

76.1% of Great Portland Estates shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.3% of Derwent London shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Great Portland Estates shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Derwent London shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Great Portland Estates pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Derwent London pays an annual dividend of GBX 80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Great Portland Estates pays out 12.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Derwent London pays out -24.8% 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.

In the previous week, Great Portland Estates had 2 more articles in the media than Derwent London. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Great Portland Estates and 0 mentions for Derwent London. Derwent London's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Great Portland Estates' score of 0.34 indicating that Derwent London is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Great Portland Estates Neutral
Derwent London Very Positive

Summary

Derwent London beats Great Portland Estates on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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DLN vs. The Competition

MetricDerwent LondonREIT IndustryReal Estate SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.25B£738.44M£1.57B£2.56B
Dividend Yield4.03%12.57%6.67%4.97%
P/E Ratio-6.241.529.64132.50
Price / Sales8.10188.811,304.13227,865.53
Price / Cash79.7363.0767.0628.11
Price / Book0.660.431.234.54
Net Income-£359.76M-£181.49M-£115.81M£5.84B
7 Day Performance7.03%1.71%1.26%2.70%
1 Month Performance8.65%-0.10%1.51%9.91%
1 Year Performance-3.18%3.92%6.23%114.85%

Derwent London Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DLN
Derwent London
2.642 of 5 stars
GBX 2,012
+0.1%
GBX 2,700
+34.2%
-1.5%£2.25B£277.67M-6.24199
GPE
Great Portland Estates
2.897 of 5 stars
GBX 311
+0.6%
GBX 374
+20.3%
-19.2%£1.25B£230.33M3.10134
WKP
Workspace Group
2.645 of 5 stars
GBX 434.87
+1.6%
GBX 647.50
+48.9%
-9.9%£834.86M£184.50M-4.34293Dividend Cut
CLI
CLS
N/AGBX 58.60
-1.7%
GBX 114
+94.5%
-22.1%£233.51M£154.62M-1.13118
RGL
Regional REIT
N/AGBX 112.60
+2.4%
N/A+417.4%£182.01M£287.40M-0.70N/A
LAND
Land Securities Group
2.2719 of 5 stars
GBX 585.70
+1.6%
GBX 677.67
+15.7%
-7.8%£4.34B£823.49M-13.58598News Coverage
UTG
Unite Group
1.6352 of 5 stars
GBX 872
+1.3%
GBX 1,076
+23.4%
-7.6%£4.23B£375.54M14.041,801
LMP
LondonMetric Property
N/AGBX 192.60
+0.9%
GBX 251
+30.3%
-1.3%£3.91B£294.22M19.8335News Coverage
BLND
British Land
3.1156 of 5 stars
GBX 389
+1.5%
GBX 448.33
+15.3%
+3.2%£3.88B£533.92M4.231,690Positive News
BBOX
Tritax Big Box REIT
2.9523 of 5 stars
GBX 140.20
+0.6%
GBX 185.33
+32.2%
-5.7%£3.48B£313.39M18.33N/A
SHC
Shaftesbury Capital
2.7591 of 5 stars
GBX 130.10
+0.7%
GBX 174
+33.7%
+1.1%£2.52B£241.46M63.293,000Analyst Forecast
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This page (LON:DLN) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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