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Great Portland Estates (GPE) Competitors

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GBX 321.50 +4.00 (+1.26%)
As of 08/22/2025 11:50 AM Eastern

GPE vs. DLN, WKP, CLI, RGL, LAND, LMP, UTG, BBOX, BLND, and SHC

Should you be buying Great Portland Estates stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Great Portland Estates include Derwent London (DLN), Workspace Group (WKP), CLS (CLI), Regional REIT (RGL), Land Securities Group (LAND), LondonMetric Property (LMP), Unite Group (UTG), Tritax Big Box REIT (BBOX), British Land (BLND), and Shaftesbury Capital (SHC). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.

Great Portland Estates vs. Its Competitors

Derwent London (LON:DLN) and Great Portland Estates (LON:GPE) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.

Derwent London pays an annual dividend of GBX 80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Great Portland Estates pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Derwent London pays out -24.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Great Portland Estates pays out 12.0% 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. Derwent London is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Great Portland Estates has a net margin of 172.83% compared to Derwent London's net margin of -129.56%. Great Portland Estates' return on equity of 15.50% beat Derwent London's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Derwent London-129.56% -10.41% 1.96%
Great Portland Estates 172.83%15.50%0.79%

72.3% of Derwent London shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.1% of Great Portland Estates shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of Derwent London shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Great Portland Estates shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Great Portland Estates has a consensus target price of GBX 357.33, suggesting a potential upside of 11.15%. Given Great Portland Estates' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Great Portland Estates is more favorable than Derwent London.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Derwent London
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Great Portland Estates
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Derwent London has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great Portland Estates has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Great Portland Estates has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Derwent London. Derwent London is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Great Portland Estates, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Derwent London£277.67M7.08-£359.76M-£322.32-5.45
Great Portland Estates£230.33M5.59£398.10M£100.403.20

In the previous week, Great Portland Estates had 1 more articles in the media than Derwent London. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Great Portland Estates and 0 mentions for Derwent London. Great Portland Estates' average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Derwent London's score of 0.00 indicating that Great Portland Estates is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Derwent London Neutral
Great Portland Estates Neutral

Summary

Great Portland Estates beats Derwent London on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GPE vs. The Competition

MetricGreat Portland EstatesREIT IndustryReal Estate SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.29B£726.70M£1.65B£3.22B
Dividend Yield3.72%12.57%6.30%5.04%
P/E Ratio3.201.7410.89164.70
Price / Sales5.59176.511,193.04310,111.42
Price / Cash185.0063.0766.7927.93
Price / Book0.510.431.325.91
Net Income£398.10M-£181.49M-£120.13M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-0.31%-0.21%0.16%49.44%
1 Month Performance-5.72%-0.48%0.36%58.03%
1 Year Performance-8.53%-5.75%8.49%141.20%

Great Portland Estates Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GPE
Great Portland Estates
2.9117 of 5 stars
GBX 321.50
+1.3%
GBX 357.33
+11.1%
-8.5%£1.29B£230.33M3.20134
DLN
Derwent London
N/AGBX 1,714.72
-0.2%
GBX 2,700
+57.5%
-27.4%£1.92B£277.67M-5.32199
WKP
Workspace Group
N/AGBX 406.60
+0.0%
N/A-35.3%£780.59M£184.50M-4.06293Dividend Cut
CLI
CLS
3.5967 of 5 stars
GBX 62.30
+0.5%
GBX 100
+60.5%
-31.7%£248.26M£154.62M-1.20118
RGL
Regional REIT
N/AGBX 123.20
+0.2%
N/A-8.6%£199.14M£287.40M-0.77N/ANews Coverage
Analyst Forecast
LAND
Land Securities Group
2.2688 of 5 stars
GBX 565.30
-0.3%
GBX 671
+18.7%
-9.0%£4.19B£823.49M-13.11598
LMP
LondonMetric Property
1.7919 of 5 stars
GBX 189.10
flat
GBX 230
+21.6%
-7.8%£3.84B£294.22M19.4735News Coverage
UTG
Unite Group
3.1988 of 5 stars
GBX 727.05
-0.1%
GBX 1,128.50
+55.2%
-23.9%£3.53B£375.54M11.711,801
BBOX
Tritax Big Box REIT
3.1898 of 5 stars
GBX 137.50
-0.4%
GBX 185.50
+34.9%
-12.5%£3.41B£313.39M17.98N/AAnalyst Forecast
BLND
British Land
4.3541 of 5 stars
GBX 338.80
-0.4%
GBX 480
+41.7%
N/A£3.38B£533.92M3.681,690Positive News
SHC
Shaftesbury Capital
1.9992 of 5 stars
GBX 149.60
-0.1%
GBX 200
+33.7%
+1.1%£2.90B£241.46M72.783,000Gap Up

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This page (LON:GPE) was last updated on 8/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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