The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) Competitors

The Property Franchise Group (LON:TPFG) and St. Modwen Properties (LON:SMP) 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 media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Is TPFG or SMP more profitable?

The Property Franchise Group has a net margin of 18.96% compared to St. Modwen Properties' net margin of 0.00%. The Property Franchise Group's return on equity of 8.40% beat St. Modwen Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
The Property Franchise Group	18.96%	8.40%	5.72%
St. Modwen Properties	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals believe in TPFG or SMP?

53.3% of The Property Franchise Group shares are held by institutional investors. 19.9% of The Property Franchise Group shares are held 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TPFG or SMP?

St. Modwen Properties received 318 more outperform votes than The Property Franchise Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.99% of users gave St. Modwen Properties an outperform vote while only 68.68% of users gave The Property Franchise Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
The Property Franchise Group	Outperform Votes 182 68.68%	Underperform Votes 83 31.32%
St. Modwen Properties	Outperform Votes 500 78.99%	Underperform Votes 133 21.01%

Is TPFG or SMP a better dividend stock?

The Property Franchise Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. St. Modwen Properties pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.01 per share. The Property Franchise Group pays out 53.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. St. Modwen Properties pays out 0.0% 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 better valuation & earnings, TPFG or SMP?

The Property Franchise Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than St. Modwen Properties. St. Modwen Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Property Franchise Group, 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
The Property Franchise Group	£81.03M	4.23	£15.36M	£24.21	22.27
St. Modwen Properties	£342.10M	0.00	N/A	-£54.70	N/A

Does the media refer more to TPFG or SMP?

In the previous week, The Property Franchise Group had 1 more articles in the media than St. Modwen Properties. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for The Property Franchise Group and 0 mentions for St. Modwen Properties. The Property Franchise Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled St. Modwen Properties'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
The Property Franchise Group	Neutral
St. Modwen Properties	Neutral

Do analysts rate TPFG or SMP?

The Property Franchise Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 592, suggesting a potential upside of 9.82%. Given The Property Franchise Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe The Property Franchise Group is more favorable than St. Modwen Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
The Property Franchise Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
St. Modwen Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

The Property Franchise Group beats St. Modwen Properties on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.