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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Shaftesbury Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Hammerson. Shaftesbury Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hammerson, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hammerson pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Shaftesbury Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Hammerson pays out 111.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Shaftesbury Capital pays out 20.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Hammerson currently has a consensus price target of GBX 367.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.16%. Shaftesbury Capital has a consensus price target of GBX 200, indicating a potential upside of 44.51%. Given Shaftesbury Capital's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Shaftesbury Capital is more favorable than Hammerson.
Hammerson has a beta of 2.3, meaning that its stock price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shaftesbury Capital has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
3.3% of Hammerson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.8% of Shaftesbury Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 10.2% of Hammerson shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Shaftesbury Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Hammerson had 2 more articles in the media than Shaftesbury Capital. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Hammerson and 0 mentions for Shaftesbury Capital. Hammerson's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Shaftesbury Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that Hammerson is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Hammerson and Shaftesbury Capital tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:HMSO) was last updated on 10/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
