Savills (SVS) Competitors

IWG (LON:IWG) and Savills (LON:SVS) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IWG or SVS?

IWG received 59 more outperform votes than Savills when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.97% of users gave Savills an outperform vote while only 62.19% of users gave IWG an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IWG	Outperform Votes 250 62.19%	Underperform Votes 152 37.81%
Savills	Outperform Votes 191 64.97%	Underperform Votes 103 35.03%

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%

Which has more volatility & risk, IWG or SVS?

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

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.

Does the media favor IWG or SVS?

In the previous week, IWG had 1 more articles in the media than Savills. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for IWG and 0 mentions for Savills. Savills' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat IWG's score of -0.03 indicating that Savills is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
IWG	Neutral
Savills	Neutral

Do insiders and 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher earnings and 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	0.68	-£134.02M	-£13.45	-13.88
Savills	£2.29B	0.55	£44.22M	£32.65	28.49

Summary

Savills beats IWG on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.