Genuit Group (GEN) Competitors

Genuit Group (LON:GEN) and British Land (LON:BLND) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.

Which has more risk & volatility, GEN or BLND?

Genuit Group has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, British Land has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GEN or BLND?

British Land received 590 more outperform votes than Genuit Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 87.50% of users gave Genuit Group an outperform vote while only 63.84% of users gave British Land an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Genuit Group	Outperform Votes 35 87.50%	Underperform Votes 5 12.50%
British Land	Outperform Votes 625 63.84%	Underperform Votes 354 36.16%

Is GEN or BLND a better dividend stock?

Genuit Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. British Land pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Genuit Group pays out 125.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. British Land pays out 25.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. British Land is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts recommend GEN or BLND?

Genuit Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 535, indicating a potential upside of 35.20%. British Land has a consensus price target of GBX 470, indicating a potential upside of 15.20%. Given Genuit Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Genuit Group is more favorable than British Land.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Genuit Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
British Land	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, GEN or BLND?

British Land has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Genuit Group. British Land is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genuit 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
Genuit Group	£553.28M	1.77	£23.57M	£9.53	41.52
British Land	£533.92M	7.61	£914.90M	£92.06	4.43

Is GEN or BLND more profitable?

British Land has a net margin of 171.35% compared to Genuit Group's net margin of 4.26%. British Land's return on equity of 18.53% beat Genuit Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Genuit Group	4.26%	3.74%	4.59%
British Land	171.35%	18.53%	3.37%

Does the media refer more to GEN or BLND?

In the previous week, British Land had 5 more articles in the media than Genuit Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for British Land and 2 mentions for Genuit Group. British Land's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Genuit Group's score of 0.19 indicating that British Land is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Genuit Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
British Land	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of GEN or BLND?

82.1% of Genuit Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.4% of British Land shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Genuit Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of British Land shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

British Land beats Genuit Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.