Savills (SVS) Competitors

IWG (LON:IWG) and Savills (LON:SVS) are both real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, IWG or SVS?

Savills has lower revenue, but higher earnings than IWG. IWG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Savills, 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
IWG	£2.76B	0.74	-£134.02M	-£13.45	-15.11
Savills	£2.29B	0.54	£44.22M	£32.65	28.06

Which has more risk & volatility, IWG or SVS?

IWG has a beta of 2.1, meaning that its stock price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Savills has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer IWG or SVS?

IWG presently has a consensus target price of GBX 270, suggesting a potential upside of 32.87%. Given IWG's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe IWG is more favorable than Savills.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IWG	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Savills	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is IWG or SVS more profitable?

Savills has a net margin of 1.93% compared to IWG's net margin of -4.86%. Savills' return on equity of 6.17% beat IWG's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IWG	-4.86%	-356.38%	3.01%
Savills	1.93%	6.17%	2.01%

Does the media refer more to IWG or SVS?

In the previous week, IWG had 5 more articles in the media than Savills. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for IWG and 0 mentions for Savills. IWG's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat Savills' score of 0.00 indicating that IWG is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
IWG	Neutral
Savills	Neutral

Is IWG or SVS a better dividend stock?

IWG pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Savills pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. IWG pays out -7.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Savills pays out 64.3% 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.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in IWG or SVS?

41.6% of IWG shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.0% of Savills shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.3% of IWG shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.2% of Savills shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

IWG beats Savills on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.