PLAZ vs. FLK, CRC, PURP, FCPT, STE, IWG, GRI, SVS, SMP, and GWI
Should you be buying Plaza Centers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Plaza Centers include Fletcher King (FLK), Circle Property (CRC), Purplebricks Group (PURP), F&C Commercial Property Trust (FCPT), Stewart & Wight (STE), IWG (IWG), Grainger (GRI), Savills (SVS), St. Modwen Properties (SMP), and Globalworth Real Estate Investments (GWI). These companies are all part of the "real estate services" industry.
Plaza Centers vs. Its Competitors
Fletcher King (LON:FLK) and Plaza Centers (LON:PLAZ) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Fletcher King has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plaza Centers has a beta of -0.12, meaning that its stock price is 112% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Fletcher King has a net margin of 269.44% compared to Plaza Centers' net margin of -168,692.86%. Fletcher King's return on equity of 244.56% beat Plaza Centers' return on equity.
0.2% of Fletcher King shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.3% of Plaza Centers shares are held by institutional investors. 72.6% of Fletcher King shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.5% of Plaza Centers shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Plaza Centers had 5 more articles in the media than Fletcher King. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Plaza Centers and 0 mentions for Fletcher King. Plaza Centers' average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat Fletcher King's score of 0.00 indicating that Plaza Centers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Fletcher King has higher revenue and earnings than Plaza Centers. Plaza Centers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fletcher King, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Fletcher King beats Plaza Centers on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:PLAZ) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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