First Property Group (FPO) Competitors

First Property Group (LON:FPO) and Panther Securities (LON:PNS) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Is FPO or PNS a better dividend stock?

First Property Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Panther Securities pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. First Property Group pays out -46.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Panther Securities pays out 288.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. First Property Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, FPO or PNS?

Panther Securities has higher revenue and earnings than First Property Group. First Property Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Panther Securities, 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
First Property Group	£10.30M	1.87	-£3.20M	-£2.16	-6.02
Panther Securities	£15.54M	3.19	£721.34K	£4.15	68.65

Does the media refer more to FPO or PNS?

In the previous week, First Property Group had 1 more articles in the media than Panther Securities. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for First Property Group and 0 mentions for Panther Securities. First Property Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Panther Securities'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
First Property Group	Neutral
Panther Securities	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, FPO or PNS?

First Property Group has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Panther Securities has a beta of 0.18, meaning that its share price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FPO or PNS?

First Property Group received 113 more outperform votes than Panther Securities when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.07% of users gave First Property Group an outperform vote while only 47.96% of users gave Panther Securities an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Property Group	Outperform Votes 160 72.07%	Underperform Votes 62 27.93%
Panther Securities	Outperform Votes 47 47.96%	Underperform Votes 51 52.04%

Is FPO or PNS more profitable?

Panther Securities has a net margin of 4.64% compared to First Property Group's net margin of -31.04%. Panther Securities' return on equity of 0.64% beat First Property Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Property Group	-31.04%	-5.93%	-0.15%
Panther Securities	4.64%	0.64%	2.34%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in FPO or PNS?

20.0% of First Property Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 42.1% of First Property Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 90.5% of Panther Securities shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Panther Securities beats First Property Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.