SAFE vs. LAND, TW, SIR, CLIN, EVR, BGSC, GROW, PRSR, PINE, and DX
Should you be buying Safestore stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Safestore include Land Securities Group (LAND), Taylor Wimpey (TW), Secure Income REIT (SIR), Clinigen Group (CLIN), EVRAZ (EVR), BMO Global Smaller Companies (BGSC), Molten Ventures (GROW), Prs Reit (PRSR), Pinewood Technologies Group (PINE), and DX (Group) (DX). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Safestore vs. Its Competitors
Safestore (LON:SAFE) and Land Securities Group (LON:LAND) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and institutional ownership.
Safestore has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Land Securities Group has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
85.3% of Safestore shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.5% of Land Securities Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Safestore shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Land Securities Group 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.
Safestore currently has a consensus price target of GBX 820, suggesting a potential upside of 23.31%. Land Securities Group has a consensus price target of GBX 671, suggesting a potential upside of 17.00%. Given Safestore's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Safestore is more favorable than Land Securities Group.
Safestore has a net margin of 118.32% compared to Land Securities Group's net margin of -38.71%. Safestore's return on equity of 12.38% beat Land Securities Group's return on equity.
Safestore has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Land Securities Group. Land Securities Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Safestore, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Safestore pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Land Securities Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 40 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Safestore pays out 24.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Land Securities Group pays out -92.8% 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. Land Securities Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Land Securities Group had 7 more articles in the media than Safestore. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Land Securities Group and 2 mentions for Safestore. Land Securities Group's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Safestore's score of -1.14 indicating that Land Securities Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Safestore beats Land Securities Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SAFE) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff