IWG (IWG) Competitors

Grainger (LON:GRI) and IWG (LON:IWG) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and risk.

Do analysts rate GRI or IWG?

Grainger presently has a consensus price target of GBX 317.50, indicating a potential upside of 64.68%. IWG has a consensus price target of GBX 265, indicating a potential upside of 11.47%. Given Grainger's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Grainger is more favorable than IWG.

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

Which has more volatility & risk, GRI or IWG?

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, GRI or IWG?

Grainger has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Grainger	£306.10M	4.65	-£1.11M	£0.15	1,311.56
IWG	£3.67B	0.65	-£134.02M	£0.02	10,805.55

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of GRI or IWG?

67.7% of Grainger shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.6% of IWG shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Grainger shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.7% of IWG shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer GRI or IWG?

In the previous week, Grainger had 6 more articles in the media than IWG. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Grainger and 4 mentions for IWG. Grainger's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat IWG's score of 0.46 indicating that Grainger is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Grainger	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
IWG	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is GRI or IWG a better dividend stock?

Grainger pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. IWG pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Grainger pays out 51.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IWG pays out 61.1% 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.

Is GRI or IWG 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
Grainger	-0.40%	-0.06%	2.14%
IWG	-4.86%	-356.38%	3.01%

Summary

Grainger beats IWG on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.