Savills (SVS) Competitors

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

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.

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

67.0% of Savills shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.6% of IWG shares are held by institutional investors. 9.2% of Savills shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.3% of IWG shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

Which has better valuation & earnings, 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	0.79	-£134.02M	-£13.45	-16.03

Does the media favor SVS or IWG?

In the previous week, IWG had 4 more articles in the media than Savills. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for IWG and 1 mentions for Savills. IWG's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Savills' score of 0.02 indicating that IWG is being referred to more favorably in the news 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)	Neutral
IWG	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend SVS or IWG?

IWG has a consensus target price of GBX 270, indicating a potential upside of 25.23%. Given IWG's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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

Summary

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