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Derwent London (DLN) Competitors

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GBX 2,020.40 +29.40 (+1.48%)
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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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Derwent London£277.67M8.15-£359.76M-£322.32-6.27
Great Portland Estates£230.33M6.06£398.10M£100.403.47

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.

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

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 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.

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

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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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£2.26B£745.23M£1.61B£2.96B
Dividend Yield4.03%12.57%6.26%5.02%
P/E Ratio-6.271.7310.52146.56
Price / Sales8.15189.941,333.45240,165.07
Price / Cash79.7363.0766.7927.97
Price / Book0.660.441.315.31
Net Income-£359.76M-£181.49M-£120.13M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-1.25%-0.02%0.43%1.12%
1 Month Performance3.98%1.31%2.81%5.65%
1 Year Performance-11.54%29.92%12.59%82.18%

Derwent London Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DLN
Derwent London
3.1309 of 5 stars
GBX 2,020.40
+1.5%
GBX 2,700
+33.6%
-11.5%£2.26B£277.67M-6.27199Positive News
GPE
Great Portland Estates
2.7057 of 5 stars
GBX 359.97
+0.4%
GBX 411
+14.2%
+3.1%£1.44B£230.33M3.59134News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
WKP
Workspace Group
N/AGBX 426.50
+1.4%
N/A-30.6%£818.80M£184.50M-4.25293Dividend Cut
CLI
CLS
3.7058 of 5 stars
GBX 69.50
-0.9%
GBX 114
+64.0%
-23.5%£276.95M£154.62M-1.34118News Coverage
Insider Trade
Gap Up
RGL
Regional REIT
N/AGBX 122
+0.7%
N/A+759.3%£197.21M£287.40M-0.76N/A
SGRO
SEGRO
2.8968 of 5 stars
GBX 690.80
+1.6%
GBX 1,003.75
+45.3%
-23.7%£9.28B£755.84M-896.07460News Coverage
LAND
Land Securities Group
1.5073 of 5 stars
GBX 633.50
+0.4%
GBX 651.50
+2.8%
-4.5%£4.69B£823.49M-14.69598
LMP
LondonMetric Property
2.6543 of 5 stars
GBX 204.40
+0.7%
GBX 251
+22.8%
+3.1%£4.15B£294.22M21.0435News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
UTG
Unite Group
2.7714 of 5 stars
GBX 851.50
+0.5%
GBX 1,076
+26.4%
-5.7%£4.13B£375.54M13.711,801News Coverage
BLND
British Land
4.252 of 5 stars
GBX 379.60
+0.9%
GBX 480
+26.4%
-10.8%£3.78B£533.92M4.121,690News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
BBOX
Tritax Big Box REIT
3.0204 of 5 stars
GBX 149.99
+1.6%
GBX 185.50
+23.7%
-7.2%£3.72B£313.39M19.61N/A

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This page (LON:DLN) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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