HMSO vs. SHC, SHB, SUPR, NRR, CAL, INTU, LSR, ALNA, LAND, and BLND
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 British Land (BLND). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Hammerson vs.
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, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
Shaftesbury Capital has a consensus target price of GBX 174, suggesting a potential upside of 21.25%. Given Shaftesbury Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Shaftesbury Capital is more favorable than Hammerson.
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 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.
Hammerson has a beta of 2.3, suggesting that its stock price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shaftesbury Capital has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hammerson received 525 more outperform votes than Shaftesbury Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Shaftesbury Capital an outperform vote while only 57.58% of users gave Hammerson an outperform vote.
Hammerson pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Shaftesbury Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. 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.
677.7% of Hammerson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of Shaftesbury Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 77.2% of Hammerson shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Shaftesbury Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Shaftesbury Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Hammerson. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Shaftesbury Capital and 0 mentions for Hammerson. Shaftesbury Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Hammerson's score of 0.00 indicating that Shaftesbury Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Shaftesbury Capital beats Hammerson on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HMSO) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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