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
Shaftesbury Capital (LON:SHC) and Hammerson (LON:HMSO) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
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.
Shaftesbury Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Hammerson pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. 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 pays out -273.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hammerson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
68.3% of Shaftesbury Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 677.7% of Hammerson shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Shaftesbury Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 77.2% of Hammerson shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Shaftesbury Capital has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hammerson has a beta of 2.3, meaning that its share price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Shaftesbury Capital presently has a consensus price target of GBX 174, indicating a potential upside of 12.55%. Given Shaftesbury Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Shaftesbury Capital is more favorable than Hammerson.
In the previous week, Shaftesbury Capital had 3 more articles in the media than Hammerson. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Shaftesbury Capital and 0 mentions for Hammerson. Shaftesbury Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Hammerson's score of 0.00 indicating that Shaftesbury Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Shaftesbury Capital beats Hammerson on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HMSO) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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