Globalworth Real Estate Investments (GWI) Competitors

IWG (LON:IWG) and Globalworth Real Estate Investments (LON:GWI) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IWG or GWI?

IWG received 143 more outperform votes than Globalworth Real Estate Investments when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.89% of users gave Globalworth Real Estate Investments an outperform vote while only 62.19% of users gave IWG an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IWG	Outperform Votes 250 62.19%	Underperform Votes 152 37.81%
Globalworth Real Estate Investments	Outperform Votes 107 75.89%	Underperform Votes 34 24.11%

Is IWG or GWI more profitable?

IWG has a net margin of -4.86% compared to Globalworth Real Estate Investments' net margin of -40.58%. Globalworth Real Estate Investments' return on equity of -6.02% beat IWG's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IWG	-4.86%	-356.38%	3.01%
Globalworth Real Estate Investments	-40.58%	-6.02%	2.24%

Does the media favor IWG or GWI?

In the previous week, IWG had 1 more articles in the media than Globalworth Real Estate Investments. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for IWG and 0 mentions for Globalworth Real Estate Investments. Globalworth Real Estate Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat IWG's score of 0.29 indicating that Globalworth Real Estate Investments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
IWG	Neutral
Globalworth Real Estate Investments	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, IWG or GWI?

IWG has a beta of 2.1, indicating that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Globalworth Real Estate Investments has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, IWG or GWI?

IWG has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Globalworth Real Estate Investments. IWG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Globalworth Real Estate Investments, 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
IWG	£2.76B	0.65	-£134.02M	-£13.45	-13.30
Globalworth Real Estate Investments	£24.94B	0.03	-£10.12B	-£0.36	-6.88

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of IWG or GWI?

41.6% of IWG shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.0% of Globalworth Real Estate Investments shares are held by institutional investors. 25.3% of IWG shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 85.6% of Globalworth Real Estate Investments shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is IWG or GWI a better dividend stock?

IWG pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Globalworth Real Estate Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 840.0%. IWG pays out -7.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Globalworth Real Estate Investments pays out -5,782.3% 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. Globalworth Real Estate Investments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Globalworth Real Estate Investments beats IWG on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.