Savills (SVS) Competitors

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

Is SVS or IWG 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
Savills	1.93%	6.17%	2.01%
IWG	-4.86%	-356.38%	3.01%

Do analysts prefer SVS or IWG?

IWG has a consensus price target of GBX 270, indicating a potential upside of 25.70%. Given IWG's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe IWG is more favorable than Savills.

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

Is SVS or IWG a better dividend stock?

Savills pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. IWG pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Savills pays out 64.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IWG pays out -7.4% 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.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, SVS or IWG?

Savills has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Savills	£2.29B	0.56	£44.22M	£32.65	29.04
IWG	£2.76B	0.78	-£134.02M	-£13.45	-15.97

Does the media refer more to SVS or IWG?

In the previous week, IWG had 3 more articles in the media than Savills. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for IWG and 1 mentions for Savills. Savills' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat IWG's score of 0.21 indicating that Savills is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Savills	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
IWG	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, SVS or IWG?

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

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

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

Summary

IWG beats Savills on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.