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 better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
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 a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Land Securities Group has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Land Securities Group had 7 more articles in the media than Safestore. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Land Securities Group and 1 mentions for Safestore. Land Securities Group's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Safestore's score of 1.11 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. 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.
85.3% of Safestore shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.5% of Land Securities Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Safestore shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Land Securities Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Land Securities Group has a consensus target price of GBX 671, indicating a potential upside of 16.19%. Given Land Securities Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Land Securities Group is more favorable than Safestore.
Safestore pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Land Securities Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. 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.
Summary
Safestore and Land Securities Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SAFE) was last updated on 7/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff