The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) Competitors

The Property Franchise Group (LON:TPFG) and Savills (LON:SVS) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TPFG or SVS?

53.3% of The Property Franchise Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.0% of Savills shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.9% of The Property Franchise Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.2% of Savills shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate TPFG or SVS?

The Property Franchise Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 592, suggesting a potential upside of 7.25%. Given The Property Franchise Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe The Property Franchise Group is more favorable than Savills.

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
Savills	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is TPFG or SVS 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%. Savills pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. The Property Franchise Group pays out 53.7% 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. The Property Franchise Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility & risk, TPFG or SVS?

The Property Franchise Group has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Savills has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, TPFG or SVS?

Savills has higher revenue and earnings than The Property Franchise Group. The Property Franchise Group 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
The Property Franchise Group	£81.03M	4.33	£15.36M	£24.21	22.80
Savills	£2.29B	0.57	£44.22M	£32.65	29.50

Does the media prefer TPFG or SVS?

In the previous week, Savills had 5 more articles in the media than The Property Franchise Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Savills and 2 mentions for The Property Franchise Group. The Property Franchise Group's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Savills' score of 0.02 indicating that The Property Franchise Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
The Property Franchise Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Savills	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is TPFG or SVS more profitable?

The Property Franchise Group has a net margin of 18.96% compared to Savills' net margin of 1.93%. The Property Franchise Group's return on equity of 8.40% beat Savills' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
The Property Franchise Group	18.96%	8.40%	5.72%
Savills	1.93%	6.17%	2.01%

Summary

The Property Franchise Group beats Savills on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.