SGRO vs. BBOX, LAND, UTG, LMP, BLND, BYG, SAFE, UKCM, SHED, and WHR
Should you be buying SEGRO stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SEGRO include Tritax Big Box REIT (BBOX), Land Securities Group (LAND), Unite Group (UTG), LondonMetric Property (LMP), British Land (BLND), Big Yellow Group (BYG), Safestore (SAFE), UK Commercial Property REIT (UKCM), Urban Logistics REIT (SHED), and Warehouse REIT (WHR). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
SEGRO (LON:SGRO) and Tritax Big Box REIT (LON:BBOX) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
SEGRO has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tritax Big Box REIT has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
SEGRO presently has a consensus price target of GBX 982, suggesting a potential upside of 12.28%. Tritax Big Box REIT has a consensus price target of GBX 172.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.70%. Given SEGRO's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SEGRO is more favorable than Tritax Big Box REIT.
SEGRO pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Tritax Big Box REIT pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. SEGRO pays out -13,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tritax Big Box REIT pays out 17,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Tritax Big Box REIT had 2 more articles in the media than SEGRO. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Tritax Big Box REIT and 0 mentions for SEGRO. SEGRO's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Tritax Big Box REIT's score of -0.32 indicating that SEGRO is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Tritax Big Box REIT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SEGRO. SEGRO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tritax Big Box REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
73.1% of SEGRO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Tritax Big Box REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of SEGRO shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Tritax Big Box REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Tritax Big Box REIT has a net margin of 30.59% compared to SEGRO's net margin of -33.78%. Tritax Big Box REIT's return on equity of 2.10% beat SEGRO's return on equity.
SEGRO received 436 more outperform votes than Tritax Big Box REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.46% of users gave Tritax Big Box REIT an outperform vote while only 51.58% of users gave SEGRO an outperform vote.
Summary
Tritax Big Box REIT beats SEGRO on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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