TR Property Investment Trust (TRY) Competitors

Unite Group (LON:UTG) and TR Property Investment Trust (LON:TRY) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of UTG or TRY?

81.1% of Unite Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.6% of TR Property Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Unite Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of TR Property Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is UTG or TRY more profitable?

TR Property Investment Trust has a net margin of 91.50% compared to Unite Group's net margin of 79.68%. TR Property Investment Trust's return on equity of 24.54% beat Unite Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Unite Group	79.68%	6.45%	2.50%
TR Property Investment Trust	91.50%	24.54%	-24.58%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, UTG or TRY?

Unite Group has higher revenue and earnings than TR Property Investment Trust. TR Property Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Unite 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
Unite Group	£375.54M	10.67	£299.23M	£62.09	13.30
TR Property Investment Trust	£311.14M	3.39	£284.71M	£89.42	3.71

Is UTG or TRY a better dividend stock?

Unite Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. TR Property Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Unite Group pays out 58.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TR Property Investment Trust pays out 16.8% 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. TR Property Investment Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, UTG or TRY?

Unite Group has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TR Property Investment Trust has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor UTG or TRY?

In the previous week, Unite Group had 2 more articles in the media than TR Property Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Unite Group and 0 mentions for TR Property Investment Trust. TR Property Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Unite Group's score of 0.00 indicating that TR Property Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Unite Group	Neutral
TR Property Investment Trust	Very Positive

Do analysts prefer UTG or TRY?

Unite Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,076, indicating a potential upside of 30.33%. Given Unite Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Unite Group is more favorable than TR Property Investment Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Unite Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
TR Property Investment Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Unite Group beats TR Property Investment Trust on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.