LAND vs. TW, SAFE, SIR, CLIN, EVR, BGSC, GROW, PRSR, DX, and PINE
Should you be buying Land Securities Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Land Securities Group include Taylor Wimpey (TW), Safestore (SAFE), Secure Income REIT (SIR), Clinigen Group (CLIN), EVRAZ (EVR), BMO Global Smaller Companies (BGSC), Molten Ventures (GROW), Prs Reit (PRSR), DX (Group) (DX), and Pinewood Technologies Group (PINE). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Land Securities Group (LON:LAND) and Taylor Wimpey (LON:TW) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Taylor Wimpey received 821 more outperform votes than Land Securities Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.29% of users gave Taylor Wimpey an outperform vote while only 62.91% of users gave Land Securities Group an outperform vote.
Taylor Wimpey has a net margin of 7.25% compared to Land Securities Group's net margin of -38.71%. Taylor Wimpey's return on equity of 5.51% beat Land Securities Group's return on equity.
Land Securities Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Taylor Wimpey pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Land Securities Group pays out -9,302.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Taylor Wimpey pays out 14,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Land Securities Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 650, suggesting a potential downside of 1.07%. Taylor Wimpey has a consensus price target of GBX 166.67, suggesting a potential upside of 5.02%. Given Taylor Wimpey's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Taylor Wimpey is more favorable than Land Securities Group.
In the previous week, Land Securities Group and Land Securities Group both had 3 articles in the media. Land Securities Group's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Taylor Wimpey's score of 0.45 indicating that Land Securities Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Taylor Wimpey has higher revenue and earnings than Land Securities Group. Land Securities Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Taylor Wimpey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
73.4% of Land Securities Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.7% of Taylor Wimpey shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Land Securities Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Taylor Wimpey shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Land Securities Group has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Taylor Wimpey has a beta of 1.81, meaning that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Taylor Wimpey beats Land Securities Group on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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