LSL vs. GWI, MTVW, TPFG, LOK, HLCL, UAI, PSDL, FOXT, BLV, and PNS
Should you be buying LSL Property Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LSL Property Services include Globalworth Real Estate Investments (GWI), Mountview Estates (MTVW), The Property Franchise Group (TPFG), Lok'nStore Group (LOK), Helical (HLCL), U and I Group (UAI), Phoenix Spree Deutschland (PSDL), Foxtons Group (FOXT), Belvoir Group (BLV), and Panther Securities (PNS). These companies are all part of the "real estate services" industry.
LSL Property Services vs. Its Competitors
Globalworth Real Estate Investments (LON:GWI) and LSL Property Services (LON:LSL) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
LSL Property Services has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Globalworth Real Estate Investments. Globalworth Real Estate Investments 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.
LSL Property Services has a net margin of 6.74% compared to Globalworth Real Estate Investments' net margin of -40.58%. LSL Property Services' return on equity of 13.68% beat Globalworth Real Estate Investments' return on equity.
Globalworth Real Estate Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 886.1%. LSL Property Services pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Globalworth Real Estate Investments pays out -5,782.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LSL Property Services pays out 106.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Globalworth Real Estate Investments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
5.0% of Globalworth Real Estate Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.0% of LSL Property Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 85.6% of Globalworth Real Estate Investments shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of LSL Property Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Globalworth Real Estate Investments has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LSL Property Services has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, LSL Property Services had 3 more articles in the media than Globalworth Real Estate Investments. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for LSL Property Services and 1 mentions for Globalworth Real Estate Investments. LSL Property Services' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Globalworth Real Estate Investments' score of 0.75 indicating that LSL Property Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
LSL Property Services beats Globalworth Real Estate Investments on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:LSL) was last updated on 8/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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