DLN vs. GPE, WKP, CLI, RGL, SGRO, LAND, LMP, UTG, BLND, and BBOX
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), SEGRO (SGRO), Land Securities Group (LAND), LondonMetric Property (LMP), Unite Group (UTG), British Land (BLND), and Tritax Big Box REIT (BBOX). 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 stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
Derwent London has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great Portland Estates has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 pays an annual dividend of GBX 80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Great Portland Estates pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. 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.
In the previous week, Great Portland Estates had 12 more articles in the media than Derwent London. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Great Portland Estates and 1 mentions for Derwent London. Great Portland Estates' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Derwent London's score of 1.16 indicating that Great Portland Estates is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 presently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,700, indicating a potential upside of 33.64%. Great Portland Estates has a consensus price target of GBX 378.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.65%. 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.
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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Derwent London beats Great Portland Estates on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:DLN) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff