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Hammerson (HMSO) Competitors

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GBX 299.20 -2.00 (-0.66%)
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HMSO vs. SHC, SHB, SUPR, NRR, CAL, INTU, LSR, ALNA, LAND, and LMP

Should you be buying Hammerson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hammerson include Shaftesbury Capital (SHC), Shaftesbury (SHB), Supermarket Income REIT (SUPR), NewRiver REIT (NRR), Capital & Regional (CAL), Intu Properties (INTU), Local Shopping REIT PLC (LSR.L) (LSR), Alina (ALNA), Land Securities Group (LAND), and LondonMetric Property (LMP). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.

Hammerson vs. Its Competitors

Hammerson (LON:HMSO) and Shaftesbury Capital (LON:SHC) are both real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Shaftesbury Capital has a net margin of 16.37% compared to Hammerson's net margin of -346.30%. Shaftesbury Capital's return on equity of 1.07% beat Hammerson's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hammerson-346.30% -25.94% 2.13%
Shaftesbury Capital 16.37%1.07%1.52%

677.7% of Hammerson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of Shaftesbury Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 77.2% of Hammerson shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Shaftesbury Capital 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.

Hammerson currently has a consensus target price of GBX 385, indicating a potential upside of 28.68%. Shaftesbury Capital has a consensus target price of GBX 191.33, indicating a potential upside of 20.11%. Given Hammerson's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hammerson is more favorable than Shaftesbury Capital.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hammerson
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Shaftesbury Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Hammerson pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Shaftesbury Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Hammerson pays out -273.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shaftesbury Capital pays out 145.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hammerson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Hammerson and Hammerson both had 3 articles in the media. Shaftesbury Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Hammerson's score of 0.16 indicating that Shaftesbury Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hammerson
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Shaftesbury Capital
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Shaftesbury Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Hammerson. Hammerson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shaftesbury Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hammerson£7.74M188.88-£26.82M-£5.48-54.58
Shaftesbury Capital£241.46M12.78£39.54M£2.0677.49

Hammerson has a beta of 2.3, meaning that its share price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shaftesbury Capital has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Hammerson and Shaftesbury Capital tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HMSO vs. The Competition

MetricHammersonREIT IndustryReal Estate SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.46B£2.22B£1.61B£3.07B
Dividend Yield0.01%5.75%6.26%5.02%
P/E Ratio-54.5811.6110.70169.43
Price / Sales188.881,814.991,199.21327,336.06
Price / Cash2.76113.0566.7927.97
Price / Book16.212.191.334.57
Net Income-£26.82M£89.50M-£120.13M£5.90B
7 Day Performance0.34%0.47%-0.14%0.87%
1 Month Performance1.84%0.19%-0.52%11.87%
1 Year Performance1,011.44%38.88%9.76%76.47%

Hammerson Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HMSO
Hammerson
2.5425 of 5 stars
GBX 299.20
-0.7%
GBX 385
+28.7%
+955.4%£1.46B£7.74M-54.58164News Coverage
Earnings Report
SHC
Shaftesbury Capital
1.7756 of 5 stars
GBX 160.50
-0.4%
GBX 187
+16.5%
+7.9%£3.11B£241.46M78.083,000Earnings Report
SHB
Shaftesbury
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.62B£123.10M1,277.5839Gap Down
High Trading Volume
SUPR
Supermarket Income REIT
N/AGBX 79.90
+0.1%
N/A+7.2%£995.60M£107.21M-47.00N/A
NRR
NewRiver REIT
N/AGBX 70.03
+0.2%
N/A-12.0%£334.07M£110.63M72.9346
CAL
Capital & Regional
N/AN/AGBX 75
+∞
N/A£145.13M£65M3,330.009,200Negative News
INTU
Intu Properties
N/AN/AN/AN/A£24.07M£548.50M-0.0117,300Gap Down
High Trading Volume
LSR
Local Shopping REIT PLC (LSR.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£4.61M£534K-203.00N/A
ALNA
Alina
N/AGBX 5.90
-15.7%
N/AN/A£1.34M£415K-118.001Gap Down
LAND
Land Securities Group
2.6567 of 5 stars
GBX 581
-0.3%
GBX 671
+15.5%
N/A£4.30B£823.49M-13.47598
LMP
LondonMetric Property
N/AGBX 189.92
-0.6%
GBX 240.50
+26.6%
-7.0%£3.86B£294.22M19.5535

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This page (LON:HMSO) was last updated on 8/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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