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Great Portland Estates (GPE) Competitors

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GBX 306.50 +3.50 (+1.16%)
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GPE vs. DLN, WKP, CLI, RGL, LMP, LAND, UTG, BLND, BBOX, 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), LondonMetric Property (LMP), Land Securities Group (LAND), Unite Group (UTG), British Land (BLND), Tritax Big Box REIT (BBOX), 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 analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment and earnings.

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£220.70M8.35-£359.76M£2.11776.44
Great Portland Estates£94.20M13.12£398.10M£0.301,018.27

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

In the previous week, Derwent London had 1 more articles in the media than Great Portland Estates. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Derwent London and 0 mentions for Great Portland Estates. Great Portland Estates' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Derwent London's score of -1.10 indicating that Great Portland Estates is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Derwent London Negative
Great Portland Estates Neutral

Great Portland Estates has a consensus price target of GBX 395.50, suggesting a potential upside of 29.04%. Given Great Portland Estates' higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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

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%

56.8% of Derwent London shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.1% of Great Portland Estates shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Derwent London shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Great Portland Estates 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.

Derwent London pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Great Portland Estates pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Derwent London pays out 38.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Great Portland Estates pays out 35.9% 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.

Summary

Great Portland Estates beats Derwent London on 10 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£1.24B£751.79M£1.76B£2.58B
Dividend Yield2.61%11.43%6.83%5.30%
P/E Ratio1,018.27656.12260.845,433.38
Price / Sales13.12270.31685.7496,846.17
Price / Cash185.0063.0766.7927.93
Price / Book0.490.431.328.18
Net Income£398.10M-£181.49M-£120.13M£5.89B
7 Day Performance2.34%0.43%0.35%6.71%
1 Month Performance-5.15%0.92%0.45%50.86%
1 Year Performance-17.16%-8.80%6.04%168.92%

Great Portland Estates Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GPE
Great Portland Estates
3.1354 of 5 stars
GBX 306.50
+1.2%
GBX 395.50
+29.0%
-18.1%£1.24B£94.20M1,018.27134
DLN
Derwent London
N/AGBX 1,647
-1.7%
N/A-35.2%£1.85B£220.70M779.28199News Coverage
Negative News
WKP
Workspace Group
N/AGBX 395.50
-0.9%
N/A-41.7%£760.37M£185.20M14,125.00293Dividend Cut
CLI
CLS
3.3866 of 5 stars
GBX 55.10
-0.9%
GBX 85
+54.3%
-41.8%£219.36M£146M-385.31118Positive News
RGL
Regional REIT
N/AGBX 124
+1.5%
N/A-9.4%£200.99M-£33.29M-370.15N/AEarnings Report
LMP
LondonMetric Property
N/AGBX 179.90
-0.7%
GBX 230
+27.8%
-14.3%£4.20B£396.70M1,058.2435
LAND
Land Securities Group
2.1674 of 5 stars
GBX 543
-0.5%
GBX 671
+23.6%
-19.4%£4.05B£832M1,024.53598News Coverage
Positive News
UTG
Unite Group
3.1411 of 5 stars
GBX 704
-0.2%
GBX 1,205
+71.2%
-28.6%£3.44B£321.50M1,011.491,801
BLND
British Land
3.0192 of 5 stars
GBX 338.80
-0.4%
GBX 480
+41.7%
-26.7%£3.39B£454M968.001,690
BBOX
Tritax Big Box REIT
3.1612 of 5 stars
GBX 136.20
-0.3%
GBX 189
+38.8%
-18.3%£3.38B£578.30M789.57N/A
SHC
Shaftesbury Capital
2.8739 of 5 stars
GBX 140.50
-0.5%
GBX 200
+42.3%
-8.1%£2.56B£233.50M807.473,000News Coverage

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