Glenveagh Properties (GLV) Competitors

B&M European Value Retail (LON:BME) and Glenveagh Properties (LON:GLV) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, BME or GLV?

Glenveagh Properties has higher revenue and earnings than B&M European Value Retail. B&M European Value Retail is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Glenveagh Properties, 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
B&M European Value Retail	£7.27B	0.36	£422.41M	£41.81	6.25
Glenveagh Properties	£41.75B	0.02	£4.39B	£0.08	23.06

Which has more volatility and risk, BME or GLV?

B&M European Value Retail has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Glenveagh Properties has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BME or GLV more profitable?

Glenveagh Properties has a net margin of 10.51% compared to B&M European Value Retail's net margin of 5.81%. B&M European Value Retail's return on equity of 43.85% beat Glenveagh Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
B&M European Value Retail	5.81%	43.85%	10.58%
Glenveagh Properties	10.51%	6.76%	4.28%

Does the media favor BME or GLV?

In the previous week, B&M European Value Retail had 4 more articles in the media than Glenveagh Properties. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for B&M European Value Retail and 0 mentions for Glenveagh Properties. B&M European Value Retail's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Glenveagh Properties' score of 0.00 indicating that B&M European Value Retail is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
B&M European Value Retail	Positive
Glenveagh Properties	Neutral

Do analysts prefer BME or GLV?

B&M European Value Retail currently has a consensus price target of GBX 457.75, indicating a potential upside of 75.11%. Given B&M European Value Retail's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe B&M European Value Retail is more favorable than Glenveagh Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
B&M European Value Retail	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.59
Glenveagh Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BME or GLV?

B&M European Value Retail received 871 more outperform votes than Glenveagh Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.98% of users gave B&M European Value Retail an outperform vote while only 65.71% of users gave Glenveagh Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
B&M European Value Retail	Outperform Votes 894 80.98%	Underperform Votes 210 19.02%
Glenveagh Properties	Outperform Votes 23 65.71%	Underperform Votes 12 34.29%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BME or GLV?

59.9% of B&M European Value Retail shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.9% of Glenveagh Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of B&M European Value Retail shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Glenveagh Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

B&M European Value Retail beats Glenveagh Properties on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.