SAFE vs. LAND, TW, SIR, CLIN, EVR, BGSC, GROW, PRSR, PINE, and SAGA
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 Saga (SAGA). 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 business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
73.5% of Safestore shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.3% of Land Securities Group shares are held by institutional investors. 7.9% of Safestore shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Land Securities Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Safestore currently has a consensus price target of GBX 820, suggesting a potential upside of 20.06%. Land Securities Group has a consensus price target of GBX 693.25, suggesting a potential upside of 16.61%. Given Safestore's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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.
In the previous week, Land Securities Group had 3 more articles in the media than Safestore. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Land Securities Group and 1 mentions for Safestore. Land Securities Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Safestore's score of 0.49 indicating that Land Securities Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Safestore has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Land Securities Group. Safestore is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Land Securities Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Safestore has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Land Securities Group has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Safestore pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Land Securities Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Safestore pays out 22.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Land Securities Group pays out 75.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Safestore beats Land Securities Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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:SAFE) was last updated on 10/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
