Supermarket Income REIT (SUPR) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SHC or SUPR?

Supermarket Income REIT received 105 more outperform votes than Shaftesbury Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Shaftesbury Capital an outperform vote while only 65.88% of users gave Supermarket Income REIT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shaftesbury Capital	Outperform Votes 7 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Supermarket Income REIT	Outperform Votes 112 65.88%	Underperform Votes 58 34.12%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, SHC or SUPR?

Shaftesbury Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Supermarket Income REIT. Supermarket Income REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shaftesbury Capital, 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
Shaftesbury Capital	£241.46M	11.24	£39.54M	£2.06	68.15
Supermarket Income REIT	£107.21M	9.08	-£21.18M	-£1.70	-45.94

Do institutionals & insiders believe in SHC or SUPR?

68.3% of Shaftesbury Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.5% of Supermarket Income REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Shaftesbury Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Supermarket Income REIT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SHC or SUPR 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
Shaftesbury Capital	16.37%	1.07%	1.52%
Supermarket Income REIT	-19.76%	-1.89%	3.34%

Do analysts rate SHC or SUPR?

Shaftesbury Capital currently has a consensus price target of GBX 174, suggesting a potential upside of 24.20%. Given Shaftesbury Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Shaftesbury Capital is more favorable than Supermarket Income REIT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shaftesbury Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Supermarket Income REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is SHC or SUPR a better dividend stock?

Shaftesbury Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Supermarket Income REIT pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Shaftesbury Capital pays out 145.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Supermarket Income REIT pays out -352.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Supermarket Income REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, SHC or SUPR?

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

Does the media prefer SHC or SUPR?

In the previous week, Shaftesbury Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Supermarket Income REIT. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Shaftesbury Capital and 2 mentions for Supermarket Income REIT. Supermarket Income REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Shaftesbury Capital's score of 0.20 indicating that Supermarket Income REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Shaftesbury Capital	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Supermarket Income REIT	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Shaftesbury Capital beats Supermarket Income REIT on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.