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Life Science REIT (LABS) Competitors

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GBX 44 -0.20 (-0.45%)
As of 07/4/2025

LABS vs. THRL, IHR, MXF, AGR, PHP, HWG, PRSR, MLI, WHR, and RDI

Should you be buying Life Science REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Life Science REIT include Target Healthcare REIT (THRL), Impact Healthcare REIT (IHR), Medicx Fund (MXF), Assura (AGR), Primary Health Properties (PHP), Harworth Group (HWG), Prs Reit (PRSR), Industrials REIT (MLI), Warehouse REIT (WHR), and Rdi Reit (RDI). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.

Life Science REIT vs. Its Competitors

Life Science REIT (LON:LABS) and Target Healthcare REIT (LON:THRL) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.

Life Science REIT has a beta of 0.08, suggesting that its stock price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Target Healthcare REIT has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Target Healthcare REIT has higher revenue and earnings than Life Science REIT. Life Science REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Target Healthcare REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Life Science REIT£20.41M7.65-£40.62M-£11.28-3.90
Target Healthcare REIT£68.64M9.01£72.07M£11.938.47

Target Healthcare REIT has a net margin of 104.99% compared to Life Science REIT's net margin of -198.99%. Target Healthcare REIT's return on equity of 10.78% beat Life Science REIT's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Life Science REIT-198.99% -14.53% 1.25%
Target Healthcare REIT 104.99%10.78%3.86%

Life Science REIT pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Target Healthcare REIT pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Life Science REIT pays out -17.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Target Healthcare REIT pays out 50.3% 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.

Life Science REIT presently has a consensus price target of GBX 46.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.68%. Given Life Science REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Life Science REIT is more favorable than Target Healthcare REIT.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Life Science REIT
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Target Healthcare REIT
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, Target Healthcare REIT had 1 more articles in the media than Life Science REIT. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Target Healthcare REIT and 0 mentions for Life Science REIT. Target Healthcare REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Life Science REIT's score of 0.00 indicating that Target Healthcare REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Life Science REIT Neutral
Target Healthcare REIT Neutral

67.3% of Life Science REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.4% of Target Healthcare REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.0% of Life Science REIT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Target Healthcare REIT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Target Healthcare REIT beats Life Science REIT on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LABS vs. The Competition

MetricLife Science REITREIT IndustryReal Estate SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£156.21M£1.66B£1.62B£2.96B
Dividend Yield5.67%7.52%6.26%5.02%
P/E Ratio-3.901.4110.48147.88
Price / Sales7.65543.831,332.13258,917.23
Price / CashN/A49.2266.7927.97
Price / Book0.581.441.314.61
Net Income-£40.62M-£74.43M-£120.13M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-7.37%0.29%0.12%1.04%
1 Month Performance3.53%3.35%2.37%4.36%
1 Year Performance28.65%18.53%13.03%82.36%

Life Science REIT Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LABS
Life Science REIT
N/AGBX 44
-0.5%
GBX 46.50
+5.7%
+28.7%£156.21M£20.41M-3.90N/A
THRL
Target Healthcare REIT
N/AGBX 102.20
+1.0%
N/A+23.3%£625.57M£68.64M8.57N/A
IHR
Impact Healthcare REIT
N/AN/AN/AN/A£361.75M£53.51M793.64N/A
MXF
Medicx Fund
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
AGR
Assura
1.2701 of 5 stars
GBX 50.22
+0.3%
GBX 51
+1.6%
+18.5%£1.64B£188.76M-48.0084
PHP
Primary Health Properties
2.144 of 5 stars
GBX 96.95
-0.8%
GBX 107.50
+10.9%
+2.4%£1.30B£178.59M-151.3458News Coverage
High Trading Volume
HWG
Harworth Group
N/AGBX 185.50
+0.5%
N/A+17.8%£610.70M£97.22M12.23120News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
PRSR
Prs Reit
3.3625 of 5 stars
GBX 107
+0.4%
GBX 120
+12.1%
+38.0%£585.62M£58.11M6.252Gap Up
MLI
Industrials REIT
N/AN/AN/AN/A£494.79M£50.19M1,050.005,140News Coverage
WHR
Warehouse REIT
N/AGBX 112.40
-1.2%
N/A+35.6%£476.15M£50.81M1.0961,000
RDI
Rdi Reit
N/AN/AN/AN/A£462.34M£68.40M-4.442,020

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This page (LON:LABS) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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