Mountview Estates (MTVW) Competitors

Mountview Estates (LON:MTVW) and Grainger (LON:GRI) 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 institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Which has more risk and volatility, MTVW or GRI?

Mountview Estates has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grainger has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, MTVW or GRI?

Mountview Estates has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Grainger. Grainger is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mountview Estates, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mountview Estates	£72.13M	5.35	£17.02M	£6.03	1,643.15
Grainger	£306.10M	4.53	-£1.11M	£0.15	1,277.55

Is MTVW or GRI a better dividend stock?

Mountview Estates pays an annual dividend of GBX 5.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Grainger pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Mountview Estates pays out 87.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Grainger pays out 51.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media favor MTVW or GRI?

In the previous week, Mountview Estates had 1 more articles in the media than Grainger. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Mountview Estates and 1 mentions for Grainger. Mountview Estates' average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Grainger's score of 0.15 indicating that Mountview Estates is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mountview Estates	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Grainger	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is MTVW or GRI more profitable?

Mountview Estates has a net margin of 21.89% compared to Grainger's net margin of -0.40%. Mountview Estates' return on equity of 4.37% beat Grainger's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mountview Estates	21.89%	4.37%	5.55%
Grainger	-0.40%	-0.06%	2.14%

Do analysts prefer MTVW or GRI?

Grainger has a consensus price target of GBX 317.50, indicating a potential upside of 69.06%. Given Grainger's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Grainger is more favorable than Mountview Estates.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mountview Estates	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Grainger	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in MTVW or GRI?

2.1% of Mountview Estates shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Grainger shares are held by institutional investors. 28.7% of Mountview Estates shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Grainger shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Mountview Estates beats Grainger on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.