DLN vs. WKP, GPE, BYG, SHC, GRI, IWG, BBOX, SAFE, SVS, and HMSO
Should you be buying Derwent London stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Derwent London include Workspace Group (WKP), Great Portland Estates (GPE), Big Yellow Group (BYG), Shaftesbury Capital (SHC), Grainger (GRI), IWG (IWG), Tritax Big Box (BBOX), Safestore (SAFE), Savills (SVS), and Hammerson (HMSO). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Derwent London (LON:DLN) and Workspace Group (LON:WKP) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Workspace Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Derwent London. Derwent London is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Workspace Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Workspace Group had 2 more articles in the media than Derwent London. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Workspace Group and 0 mentions for Derwent London. Derwent London's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Workspace Group's score of -0.09 indicating that Derwent London is being referred to more favorably in the media.
77.6% of Derwent London shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.7% of Workspace Group shares are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of Derwent London shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 29.0% of Workspace Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Derwent London currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,212.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.88%. Workspace Group has a consensus price target of GBX 691, suggesting a potential upside of 40.45%. Given Workspace Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Workspace Group is more favorable than Derwent London.
Workspace Group received 159 more outperform votes than Derwent London when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.19% of users gave Workspace Group an outperform vote while only 51.33% of users gave Derwent London an outperform vote.
Derwent London pays an annual dividend of GBX 80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Workspace Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Derwent London pays out -1,886.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Workspace Group pays out -2,241.4% 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. Workspace Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Derwent London has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Workspace Group has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Workspace Group has a net margin of -121.30% compared to Derwent London's net margin of -178.16%. Derwent London's return on equity of -12.56% beat Workspace Group's return on equity.
Summary
Workspace Group beats Derwent London on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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