Hongkong Land (HKLD) Competitors

Hongkong Land (LON:HKLD) and Conygar Investment (LON:CIC) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Is HKLD or CIC more profitable?

Hongkong Land has a net margin of -31.57% compared to Conygar Investment's net margin of -210.22%. Hongkong Land's return on equity of -1.77% beat Conygar Investment's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hongkong Land	-31.57%	-1.77%	1.15%
Conygar Investment	-210.22%	-26.89%	-4.90%

Do analysts rate HKLD or CIC?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hongkong Land	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Conygar Investment	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in HKLD or CIC?

13.0% of Hongkong Land shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.1% of Conygar Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 53.4% of Hongkong Land shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.3% of Conygar Investment 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.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, HKLD or CIC?

Conygar Investment has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hongkong Land. Conygar Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hongkong Land, 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
Hongkong Land	£1.84B	0.09	-£582.30M	-£0.26	-28.50
Conygar Investment	£14.05M	3.29	-£29.53M	-£0.50	-155.00

Does the media refer more to HKLD or CIC?

In the previous week, Hongkong Land had 5 more articles in the media than Conygar Investment. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Hongkong Land and 1 mentions for Conygar Investment. Conygar Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Hongkong Land's score of 0.19 indicating that Conygar Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hongkong Land	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Conygar Investment	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is HKLD or CIC a better dividend stock?

Hongkong Land pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 296.9%. Conygar Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Hongkong Land pays out -8,461.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Conygar Investment pays out -400.0% 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. Hongkong Land is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HKLD or CIC?

Conygar Investment received 214 more outperform votes than Hongkong Land when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hongkong Land	N/A	N/A
Conygar Investment	Outperform Votes 214 73.04%	Underperform Votes 79 26.96%

Which has more volatility & risk, HKLD or CIC?

Hongkong Land has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Conygar Investment has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Hongkong Land beats Conygar Investment on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.