LMP vs. LAND, UTG, BLND, GPOR, SIR, DIGS, HBRN, BCPT, RDI, and MKLW
Should you be buying LondonMetric Property stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LondonMetric Property include Land Securities Group (LAND), Unite Group (UTG), British Land (BLND), Great Portland Estates (GPOR), Secure Income REIT (SIR), GCP Student Living (DIGS), Hibernia REIT (HBRN), Balanced Commercial Property Trust (BCPT), Rdi Reit (RDI), and A & J Mucklow Group P L C (MKLW). These companies are all part of the "reit - diversified" industry.
LondonMetric Property (LON:LMP) and Land Securities Group (LON:LAND) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Land Securities Group has a net margin of -38.71% compared to LondonMetric Property's net margin of -124.25%. Land Securities Group's return on equity of -5.05% beat LondonMetric Property's return on equity.
LondonMetric Property has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Land Securities Group has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Land Securities Group had 2 more articles in the media than LondonMetric Property. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Land Securities Group and 0 mentions for LondonMetric Property. Land Securities Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat LondonMetric Property's score of -0.99 indicating that Land Securities Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
63.7% of LondonMetric Property shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.7% of Land Securities Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of LondonMetric Property shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Land Securities Group 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 received 182 more outperform votes than LondonMetric Property when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.91% of users gave Land Securities Group an outperform vote while only 56.56% of users gave LondonMetric Property an outperform vote.
LondonMetric Property has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Land Securities Group. Land Securities Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LondonMetric Property, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
LondonMetric Property presently has a consensus price target of GBX 229.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.09%. Land Securities Group has a consensus price target of GBX 650, indicating a potential upside of 3.42%. Given LondonMetric Property's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe LondonMetric Property is more favorable than Land Securities Group.
LondonMetric Property pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Land Securities Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. LondonMetric Property pays out -5,263.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Land Securities Group pays out -9,302.3% 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. Land Securities Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Land Securities Group beats LondonMetric Property on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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