RGL vs. CLI, DLN, GPE, WKP, SHED, ESP, BCPT, GWI, THRL, and HWG
Should you be buying Regional REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Regional REIT include CLS (CLI), Derwent London (DLN), Great Portland Estates (GPE), Workspace Group (WKP), Urban Logistics REIT (SHED), Empiric Student Property (ESP), Balanced Commercial Property Trust (BCPT), Globalworth Real Estate Investments (GWI), Target Healthcare REIT (THRL), and Harworth Group (HWG). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Regional REIT vs. Its Competitors
CLS (LON:CLI) and Regional REIT (LON:RGL) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.
27.7% of CLS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% of Regional REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 66.4% of CLS shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.7% of Regional REIT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
CLS pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.6%. Regional REIT pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share and has a dividend yield of 23.8%. CLS pays out -15.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Regional REIT pays out -18.7% 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. Regional REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Regional REIT has a net margin of -89.90% compared to CLS's net margin of -134.11%. CLS's return on equity of -23.42% beat Regional REIT's return on equity.
CLS has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Regional REIT. CLS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Regional REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, CLS had 11 more articles in the media than Regional REIT. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for CLS and 0 mentions for Regional REIT. CLS's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Regional REIT's score of 0.00 indicating that CLS is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CLS has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regional REIT has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CLS presently has a consensus price target of GBX 114, suggesting a potential upside of 65.22%. Given CLS's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe CLS is more favorable than Regional REIT.
Summary
CLS beats Regional REIT on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:RGL) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
