IWG (IWG) Competitors

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, 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	£276.05M	5.76	-£1.11M	-£0.15	-1,436.67
IWG	£2.76B	0.67	-£134.02M	-£13.45	-13.59

Do analysts rate GRI or IWG?

Grainger currently has a consensus target price of GBX 317.50, suggesting a potential upside of 47.33%. Given Grainger's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is GRI or IWG a better dividend stock?

Grainger pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. 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.

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%

Does the media prefer GRI or IWG?

In the previous week, Grainger had 2 more articles in the media than IWG. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Grainger and 0 mentions for IWG. Grainger's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat IWG's score of 0.00 indicating that Grainger is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Grainger	Neutral
IWG	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GRI or IWG?

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in GRI or IWG?

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, GRI or IWG?

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

Summary

Grainger beats IWG on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.