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IWG (IWG) Competitors

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GBX 201.60 +5.60 (+2.86%)
As of 08/22/2025 11:59 AM Eastern

IWG vs. GRI, SVS, SMP, GWI, MTVW, LOK, TPFG, LSL, HLCL, and UAI

Should you be buying IWG stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IWG include Grainger (GRI), Savills (SVS), St. Modwen Properties (SMP), Globalworth Real Estate Investments (GWI), Mountview Estates (MTVW), Lok'nStore Group (LOK), The Property Franchise Group (TPFG), LSL Property Services (LSL), Helical (HLCL), and U and I Group (UAI). These companies are all part of the "real estate services" industry.

IWG vs. Its Competitors

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

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

Grainger presently has a consensus price target of GBX 317.50, suggesting a potential upside of 57.96%. IWG has a consensus price target of GBX 270, suggesting a potential upside of 33.93%. Given Grainger's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly 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)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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

Grainger pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. IWG pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Grainger pays out -4,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IWG pays out -7.4% 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.

In the previous week, IWG had 5 more articles in the media than Grainger. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for IWG and 1 mentions for Grainger. IWG's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Grainger's score of 0.00 indicating that IWG is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Grainger£276.05M5.38-£1.11M-£0.15-1,340.00
IWG£2.76B0.73-£134.02M-£13.45-14.99

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 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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IWG vs. The Competition

MetricIWGReal Estate Services IndustryReal Estate SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.02B£1.68B£1.74B£3.22B
Dividend Yield0.68%5.01%6.30%5.04%
P/E Ratio-14.9923.4110.92164.70
Price / Sales0.73236.221,193.05310,111.42
Price / Cash7.6119.4866.7927.93
Price / Book25.172.211.325.91
Net Income-£134.02M-£411.39M-£120.13M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-12.27%-0.02%0.55%49.51%
1 Month Performance-9.52%1.90%0.43%56.91%
1 Year Performance12.31%4.10%8.55%140.38%

IWG Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IWG
IWG
2.0251 of 5 stars
GBX 201.60
+2.9%
GBX 270
+33.9%
+12.3%£2.02B£2.76B-14.9910,000
GRI
Grainger
2.6943 of 5 stars
GBX 198.80
-0.4%
GBX 317.50
+59.7%
-18.8%£1.47B£276.05M-1,325.33372Dividend Increase
SVS
Savills
N/AGBX 932
+0.5%
N/A-20.2%£1.26B£2.29B28.5540,503News Coverage
Gap Down
SMP
St. Modwen Properties
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.24B£342.10M-10.224,900
GWI
Globalworth Real Estate Investments
N/AGBX 2.37
+0.9%
N/AN/A£660.46M£24.94B-6.53250News Coverage
MTVW
Mountview Estates
N/A£101
+2.8%
N/A+7.6%£385.17M£77.73M22.1429Dividend Cut
Gap Up
LOK
Lok'nStore Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£356.58M£27.73M8,500.00193
TPFG
The Property Franchise Group
N/AGBX 560
-0.4%
GBX 615.33
+9.9%
N/A£356.17M£81.03M23.14176
LSL
LSL Property Services
N/AGBX 271
+0.4%
N/A-19.4%£278.85M£159.03M26.191,724Positive News
High Trading Volume
HLCL
Helical
3.4954 of 5 stars
GBX 218.50
+0.5%
GBX 275
+25.9%
-0.9%£268.17M£40.00M10.3027News Coverage
UAI
U and I Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£186.27M£45.79M-2.1296

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This page (LON:IWG) was last updated on 8/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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