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Safestore (SAFE) Competitors

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GBX 665 -8.50 (-1.26%)
As of 08/1/2025 12:10 PM Eastern

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Safestore
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Land Securities Group
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Safestore118.32% 12.38% 2.81%
Land Securities Group -38.71%-4.88%2.40%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Safestore£222.85M6.50£263.67M£121.335.48
Land Securities Group£823.49M5.16-£318.80M-£43.12-13.30

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Safestore
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative
Land Securities Group
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Safestore beats Land Securities Group on 11 of the 17 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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SAFE vs. The Competition

MetricSafestoreREIT IndustryReal Estate SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.45B£2.75B£1.69B£3.03B
Dividend Yield5.09%6.29%6.26%5.02%
P/E Ratio5.489.9810.63176.74
Price / Sales6.50663.531,066.72264,367.15
Price / Cash41.8568.4966.7927.97
Price / Book0.650.741.324.54
Net Income£263.67M£190.81M-£120.13M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-1.19%0.86%-0.72%-0.92%
1 Month Performance-3.62%0.83%-0.82%6.15%
1 Year Performance-19.20%40.02%8.83%71.63%

Safestore Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SAFE
Safestore
2.8392 of 5 stars
GBX 665
-1.3%
GBX 820
+23.3%
-18.8%£1.45B£222.85M5.48120Analyst Upgrade
LAND
Land Securities Group
2.4388 of 5 stars
GBX 583
-1.3%
GBX 671
+15.1%
-9.8%£4.32B£823.49M-13.52598Insider Trade
TW
Taylor Wimpey
3.7237 of 5 stars
GBX 110.70
-0.3%
GBX 151.40
+36.8%
-35.8%£3.98B£3.45B16.151,090News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
SIR
Secure Income REIT
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.49B£122.40M743.55N/A
CLIN
Clinigen Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.23B£565.60M64.691,000
EVR
EVRAZ
0.9592 of 5 stars
GBX 81
flat
N/AN/A£1.18B£15.40B42.1971,591
BGSC
BMO Global Smaller Companies
N/AN/AN/AN/A£769.56M£303.85M2.77N/A
GROW
Molten Ventures
2.3085 of 5 stars
GBX 334
-0.2%
GBX 580
+73.7%
-3.8%£621.60M£9.10M-18.6820News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
PRSR
Prs Reit
3.3489 of 5 stars
GBX 106.20
-0.6%
GBX 120
+13.0%
+26.2%£581.24M£58.11M6.212
PINE
Pinewood Technologies Group
3.4996 of 5 stars
GBX 481
+1.2%
GBX 590
+22.7%
+36.5%£400.35M£26.97M8.805,334Positive News
DX
DX (Group)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£306.77M£471.20M1,185.0020Negative News

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This page (LON:SAFE) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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