LMP vs. UTG, LAND, BLND, GPOR, LXI, SIR, DIGS, HBRN, BCPT, and RDI
Should you be buying LondonMetric Property stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LondonMetric Property include Unite Group (UTG), Land Securities Group (LAND), British Land (BLND), Great Portland Estates (GPOR), Lxi Reit (LXI), Secure Income REIT (SIR), GCP Student Living (DIGS), Hibernia REIT (HBRN), Balanced Commercial Property Trust (BCPT), and Rdi Reit (RDI). These companies are all part of the "reit - diversified" industry.
LondonMetric Property vs.
Unite Group (LON:UTG) and LondonMetric Property (LON:LMP) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.
Unite Group has higher revenue and earnings than LondonMetric Property. Unite 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.
Unite Group received 45 more outperform votes than LondonMetric Property when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.91% of users gave Unite Group an outperform vote while only 56.67% of users gave LondonMetric Property an outperform vote.
81.1% of Unite Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.9% of LondonMetric Property shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Unite Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of LondonMetric Property shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Unite Group has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LondonMetric Property has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Unite Group had 2 more articles in the media than LondonMetric Property. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Unite Group and 1 mentions for LondonMetric Property. Unite Group's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat LondonMetric Property's score of 0.00 indicating that Unite Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Unite Group has a net margin of 79.68% compared to LondonMetric Property's net margin of 66.69%. Unite Group's return on equity of 6.45% beat LondonMetric Property's return on equity.
Unite Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,076, suggesting a potential upside of 25.04%. LondonMetric Property has a consensus target price of GBX 251, suggesting a potential upside of 33.09%. Given LondonMetric Property's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe LondonMetric Property is more favorable than Unite Group.
Unite Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. LondonMetric Property pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Unite Group pays out 58.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LondonMetric Property pays out 113.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Unite Group beats LondonMetric Property on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:LMP) was last updated on 4/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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