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Should you be buying LSL Property Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LSL Property Services include Mountview Estates (MTVW), The Property Franchise Group (TPFG), Lok'nStore Group (LOK), Helical (HLCL), U and I Group (UAI), Foxtons Group (FOXT), Phoenix Spree Deutschland (PSDL), Belvoir Group (BLV), Panther Securities (PNS), and DCI Advisors (DCI). These companies are all part of the "real estate services" industry.
LSL Property Services vs. Its Competitors
LSL Property Services (LON:LSL) and Mountview Estates (LON:MTVW) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
Mountview Estates has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LSL Property Services. Mountview Estates is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LSL Property Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
49.5% of LSL Property Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.1% of Mountview Estates shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.4% of LSL Property Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 28.8% of Mountview Estates shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Mountview Estates has a net margin of 21.89% compared to LSL Property Services' net margin of 6.74%. LSL Property Services' return on equity of 13.68% beat Mountview Estates' return on equity.
LSL Property Services has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mountview Estates has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Mountview Estates had 5 more articles in the media than LSL Property Services. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Mountview Estates and 3 mentions for LSL Property Services. Mountview Estates' average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat LSL Property Services' score of 0.30 indicating that Mountview Estates is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
LSL Property Services presently has a consensus target price of GBX 370.50, suggesting a potential upside of 48.20%. Given LSL Property Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe LSL Property Services is more favorable than Mountview Estates.
LSL Property Services pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Mountview Estates pays an annual dividend of GBX 5.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. LSL Property Services pays out 0.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mountview Estates pays out 0.9% 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.
Summary
LSL Property Services beats Mountview Estates on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:LSL) was last updated on 10/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff