DLN vs. GPOR, LXI, UTG, SIR, DIGS, HBRN, BYG, SAFE, BLND, and SHB
Should you be buying Derwent London stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Derwent London include Great Portland Estates (GPOR), LXI REIT (LXI), Unite Group (UTG), Secure Income REIT (SIR), GCP Student Living (DIGS), Hibernia REIT (HBRN), Big Yellow Group (BYG), Safestore (SAFE), British Land (BLND), and Shaftesbury (SHB). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Derwent London vs.
Great Portland Estates (LON:GPOR) and Derwent London (LON:DLN) are both real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Great Portland Estates received 143 more outperform votes than Derwent London when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.85% of users gave Great Portland Estates an outperform vote while only 51.54% of users gave Derwent London an outperform vote.
Derwent London has a consensus target price of GBX 2,950.71, indicating a potential upside of 30.45%. Given Derwent London's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Derwent London is more favorable than Great Portland Estates.
Great Portland Estates has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Derwent London's net margin of -142.68%. Great Portland Estates' return on equity of 0.00% beat Derwent London's return on equity.
83.1% of Derwent London shares are held by institutional investors. 7.5% of Derwent London shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
In the previous week, Derwent London had 1 more articles in the media than Great Portland Estates. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Derwent London and 0 mentions for Great Portland Estates. Derwent London's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Great Portland Estates' score of -0.13 indicating that Derwent London is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Great Portland Estates pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Derwent London pays an annual dividend of GBX 79 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Great Portland Estates pays out 2.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Derwent London pays out -3,333.3% 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 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DLN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
Derwent London Competitors List
