Savills (SVS) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, IWG or SVS?

IWG has a beta of 2.1, suggesting that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Savills has a beta of 1.24, suggesting 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 0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Savills pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. IWG pays out 61.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Savills pays out 57.1% 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. Savills is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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 higher earnings & valuation, IWG or SVS?

Savills has lower revenue, but higher earnings than IWG. Savills is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IWG, 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	£3.67B	0.65	-£134.02M	£0.02	10,805.55
Savills	£2.47B	0.54	£44.22M	£0.38	2,592.13

Do analysts recommend IWG or SVS?

IWG currently has a consensus target price of GBX 265, suggesting a potential upside of 11.47%. Given IWG's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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)	2 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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of IWG or SVS?

33.6% of IWG shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.0% of Savills shares are held by institutional investors. 25.7% of IWG shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Savills shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer IWG or SVS?

In the previous week, IWG had 4 more articles in the media than Savills. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for IWG and 0 mentions for Savills. IWG's average media sentiment score of 0.46 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

Summary

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