IWG (IWG) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, IWG or GRI?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IWG or GRI?

Grainger received 411 more outperform votes than IWG when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.04% 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 661 78.04%	Underperform Votes 186 21.96%

Is IWG or GRI a better dividend stock?

IWG pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Grainger pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. IWG pays out -714.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in IWG or GRI?

41.6% of IWG shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.0% of Grainger shares are held by institutional investors. 25.3% of IWG shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Grainger shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is IWG or GRI more profitable?

Grainger has a net margin of -0.41% compared to IWG's net margin of -4.83%. Grainger's return on equity of -0.06% beat IWG's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IWG	-4.83%	-89.57%	3.01%
Grainger	-0.41%	-0.06%	2.14%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, IWG or GRI?

Grainger has lower revenue, but higher earnings than IWG.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
IWG	£3.74B	0.46	-£180.72M	-£0.14	-1,227.14
Grainger	£270.30M	6.54	-£1.10M	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate IWG or GRI?

IWG presently has a consensus target price of GBX 215, indicating a potential upside of 25.15%. Grainger has a consensus target price of GBX 299, indicating a potential upside of 24.84%. Given IWG's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe IWG is more favorable than Grainger.

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)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer IWG or GRI?

In the previous week, Grainger had 3 more articles in the media than IWG. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Grainger and 0 mentions for IWG. Grainger's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat IWG's score of 0.03 indicating that Grainger is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
IWG	Neutral
Grainger	Neutral

Summary

Grainger beats IWG on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.