Foxtons Group (FOXT) Competitors

Foxtons Group (LON:FOXT) and Globalworth Real Estate Investments (LON:GWI) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Is FOXT or GWI more profitable?

Foxtons Group has a net margin of 4.69% compared to Globalworth Real Estate Investments' net margin of -40.58%. Foxtons Group's return on equity of 5.66% beat Globalworth Real Estate Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Foxtons Group	4.69%	5.66%	2.96%
Globalworth Real Estate Investments	-40.58%	-6.02%	2.24%

Does the media prefer FOXT or GWI?

In the previous week, Globalworth Real Estate Investments had 1 more articles in the media than Foxtons Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Globalworth Real Estate Investments and 1 mentions for Foxtons Group. Foxtons Group's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Globalworth Real Estate Investments' score of 0.07 indicating that Foxtons Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Foxtons Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Globalworth Real Estate Investments	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is FOXT or GWI a better dividend stock?

Foxtons Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Globalworth Real Estate Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 867.8%. Foxtons Group pays out 41.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Globalworth Real Estate Investments pays out -5,782.3% 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. Globalworth Real Estate Investments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, FOXT or GWI?

Foxtons Group has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Globalworth Real Estate Investments has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in FOXT or GWI?

75.0% of Foxtons Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.0% of Globalworth Real Estate Investments shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Foxtons Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 85.6% of Globalworth Real Estate Investments shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FOXT or GWI?

Foxtons Group received 161 more outperform votes than Globalworth Real Estate Investments when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.89% of users gave Globalworth Real Estate Investments an outperform vote while only 59.69% of users gave Foxtons Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Foxtons Group	Outperform Votes 268 59.69%	Underperform Votes 181 40.31%
Globalworth Real Estate Investments	Outperform Votes 107 75.89%	Underperform Votes 34 24.11%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, FOXT or GWI?

Foxtons Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Globalworth Real Estate Investments. Globalworth Real Estate Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Foxtons Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Foxtons Group	£156.07M	1.15	£7.32M	£2.39	24.69
Globalworth Real Estate Investments	£24.94B	0.03	-£10.12B	-£0.36	-6.66

Summary

Foxtons Group beats Globalworth Real Estate Investments on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.