SEGRO (SGRO) Competitors

Tritax Big Box REIT (LON:BBOX) and SEGRO (LON:SGRO) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BBOX or SGRO?

55.6% of Tritax Big Box REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.3% of SEGRO shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Tritax Big Box REIT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of SEGRO shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, BBOX or SGRO?

Tritax Big Box REIT has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEGRO has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer BBOX or SGRO?

Tritax Big Box REIT currently has a consensus price target of GBX 173, indicating a potential upside of 27.68%. SEGRO has a consensus price target of GBX 871.67, indicating a potential upside of 41.69%. Given SEGRO's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SEGRO is more favorable than Tritax Big Box REIT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tritax Big Box REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
SEGRO	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is BBOX or SGRO a better dividend stock?

Tritax Big Box REIT pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. SEGRO pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Tritax Big Box REIT pays out 44.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SEGRO pays out 63.7% 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. Tritax Big Box REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to BBOX or SGRO?

In the previous week, Tritax Big Box REIT had 3 more articles in the media than SEGRO. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Tritax Big Box REIT and 2 mentions for SEGRO. SEGRO's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Tritax Big Box REIT's score of 0.20 indicating that SEGRO is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tritax Big Box REIT	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
SEGRO	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BBOX or SGRO?

Tritax Big Box REIT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SEGRO. Tritax Big Box REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SEGRO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tritax Big Box REIT	£578.30M	5.81	£189.46M	£0.17	785.51
SEGRO	£699M	11.91	-£10.30M	£0.46	1,337.39

Is BBOX or SGRO more profitable?

Tritax Big Box REIT has a net margin of 60.46% compared to SEGRO's net margin of -1.36%. Tritax Big Box REIT's return on equity of 4.04% beat SEGRO's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tritax Big Box REIT	60.46%	4.04%	2.38%
SEGRO	-1.36%	-0.09%	1.92%

Summary

Tritax Big Box REIT beats SEGRO on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.