SHC vs. HMSO, BBOX, DLN, BYG, GRI, IWG, SAFE, BLND, SVS, and SRE
Should you be buying Shaftesbury Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shaftesbury Capital include Hammerson (HMSO), Tritax Big Box REIT (BBOX), Derwent London (DLN), Big Yellow Group (BYG), Grainger (GRI), IWG (IWG), Safestore (SAFE), British Land (BLND), Savills (SVS), and Sirius Real Estate (SRE). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Hammerson (LON:HMSO) and Shaftesbury Capital (LON:SHC) are both real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.
Hammerson presently has a consensus target price of GBX 34, suggesting a potential upside of 25.00%. Shaftesbury Capital has a consensus target price of GBX 154.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.69%. Given Shaftesbury Capital's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hammerson is more favorable than Shaftesbury Capital.
In the previous week, Shaftesbury Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Hammerson. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Shaftesbury Capital and 1 mentions for Hammerson. Shaftesbury Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Hammerson's score of 0.00 indicating that Hammerson is being referred to more favorably in the media.
60.3% of Hammerson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.2% of Shaftesbury Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.1% of Hammerson shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Shaftesbury Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Shaftesbury Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hammerson. Hammerson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shaftesbury Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hammerson has a beta of 2.28, meaning that its stock price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shaftesbury Capital has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hammerson received 529 more outperform votes than Shaftesbury Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Shaftesbury Capital an outperform vote while only 57.58% of users gave Hammerson an outperform vote.
Hammerson pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Shaftesbury Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Hammerson pays out -20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shaftesbury Capital pays out 666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hammerson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Shaftesbury Capital has a net margin of 378.99% compared to Shaftesbury Capital's net margin of -21.30%. Hammerson's return on equity of 29.77% beat Shaftesbury Capital's return on equity.
Summary
Hammerson and Shaftesbury Capital tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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