Supermarket Income REIT (SUPR) Competitors

Supermarket Income REIT (LON:SUPR) and Shaftesbury Capital (LON:SHC) are both real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk & volatility, SUPR or SHC?

Supermarket Income REIT has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shaftesbury Capital has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SUPR or SHC more profitable?

Shaftesbury Capital has a net margin of 16.37% compared to Supermarket Income REIT's net margin of -19.76%. Shaftesbury Capital's return on equity of 1.07% beat Supermarket Income REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Supermarket Income REIT	-19.76%	-1.89%	3.34%
Shaftesbury Capital	16.37%	1.07%	1.52%

Does the media favor SUPR or SHC?

In the previous week, Shaftesbury Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Supermarket Income REIT. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Shaftesbury Capital and 0 mentions for Supermarket Income REIT. Shaftesbury Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Supermarket Income REIT's score of 0.00 indicating that Shaftesbury Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Supermarket Income REIT	Neutral
Shaftesbury Capital	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SUPR or SHC?

33.8% of Supermarket Income REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.8% of Shaftesbury Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Supermarket Income REIT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Shaftesbury Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SUPR or SHC a better dividend stock?

Supermarket Income REIT pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Shaftesbury Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Supermarket Income REIT pays out 108.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Shaftesbury Capital pays out 20.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has better earnings and valuation, SUPR or SHC?

Shaftesbury Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Supermarket Income REIT. Shaftesbury Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Supermarket Income REIT, 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
Supermarket Income REIT	£77.46M	12.58	-£21.18M	£0.06	1,396.43
Shaftesbury Capital	£233.50M	10.95	£39.54M	£0.17	806.90

Do analysts rate SUPR or SHC?

Shaftesbury Capital has a consensus price target of GBX 200, suggesting a potential upside of 42.45%. Given Shaftesbury Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Shaftesbury Capital is more favorable than Supermarket Income REIT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Supermarket Income REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Shaftesbury Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Shaftesbury Capital beats Supermarket Income REIT on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.