IWG (IWG) Competitors

IWG (LON:IWG) and Grainger (LON:GRI) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and dividends.

Do analysts rate IWG or GRI?

Grainger has a consensus target price of GBX 317.50, indicating a potential upside of 44.98%. Given Grainger's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Grainger is more favorable than IWG.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IWG	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Grainger	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility & risk, IWG or GRI?

IWG has a beta of 2.1, suggesting that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grainger has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in IWG or GRI?

41.6% of IWG shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of Grainger shares are held by institutional investors. 25.3% of IWG shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Grainger shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is IWG or GRI more profitable?

Grainger has a net margin of -0.40% compared to IWG's net margin of -4.86%. Grainger's return on equity of -0.06% beat IWG's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IWG	-4.86%	-356.38%	3.01%
Grainger	-0.40%	-0.06%	2.14%

Does the media favor IWG or GRI?

In the previous week, IWG and IWG both had 1 articles in the media. IWG's average media sentiment score of 0.02 beat Grainger's score of -0.45 indicating that IWG is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IWG	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Grainger	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher valuation and earnings, IWG or GRI?

Grainger has lower revenue, but higher earnings than IWG. Grainger is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IWG, 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
IWG	£2.76B	0.68	-£134.02M	-£13.45	-13.79
Grainger	£276.05M	5.86	-£1.11M	-£0.15	-1,460.00

Is IWG or GRI a better dividend stock?

IWG pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Grainger pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. IWG pays out -7.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Grainger pays out -4,666.7% 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. Grainger is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IWG or GRI?

Grainger received 413 more outperform votes than IWG when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.09% of users gave Grainger an outperform vote while only 62.19% of users gave IWG an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IWG	Outperform Votes 250 62.19%	Underperform Votes 152 37.81%
Grainger	Outperform Votes 663 78.09%	Underperform Votes 186 21.91%

Summary

Grainger beats IWG on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.