Savills (SVS) Competitors

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

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	0.79	-£134.02M	-£13.45	-16.05
Savills	£2.29B	0.57	£44.22M	£32.65	29.50

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 risk & volatility, 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 2.2%. 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 refer more to IWG or SVS?

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 news media.

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

Do analysts prefer IWG or SVS?

IWG currently has a consensus target price of GBX 270, suggesting a potential upside of 25.12%. Given IWG's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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

Summary

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