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 better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
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 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 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 0.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Land Securities Group pays out 0.8% 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.
73.5% of Safestore shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.3% of Land Securities Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.9% of Safestore shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Land Securities Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Land Securities Group had 1 more articles in the media than Safestore. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Land Securities Group and 1 mentions for Safestore. Land Securities Group's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Safestore's score of 0.49 indicating that Land Securities Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Safestore presently has a consensus target price of GBX 820, suggesting a potential upside of 14.46%. Land Securities Group has a consensus target price of GBX 693.25, suggesting a potential upside of 10.48%. Given Safestore's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Safestore is more favorable than Land Securities Group.
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.
Summary
Safestore beats Land Securities Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SAFE) was last updated on 10/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff