IWG (IWG) Competitors

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

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 3.3%. 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.

Which has better valuation & 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	0.79	-£134.02M	-£13.45	-16.14
Grainger	£276.05M	5.66	-£1.11M	-£0.15	-1,410.00

Do analysts rate IWG or GRI?

IWG currently has a consensus price target of GBX 270, indicating a potential upside of 24.42%. Grainger has a consensus price target of GBX 317.50, indicating a potential upside of 50.12%. Given Grainger's higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Grainger	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

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 prefer IWG or GRI?

In the previous week, Grainger had 2 more articles in the media than IWG. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Grainger and 9 mentions for IWG. Grainger's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat IWG's score of 0.25 indicating that Grainger is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IWG	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Grainger	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in IWG or GRI?

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

Which has more volatility and risk, IWG or GRI?

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

Summary

Grainger beats IWG on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.