TR Property Investment Trust (TRY) Competitors

B&M European Value Retail (LON:BME) and TR Property Investment Trust (LON:TRY) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BME or TRY?

B&M European Value Retail has higher revenue and earnings than TR Property Investment Trust. TR Property Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than B&M European Value Retail, 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
B&M European Value Retail	£7.27B	0.48	£422.41M	£41.81	8.21
TR Property Investment Trust	£311.14M	3.27	£284.71M	£89.42	3.58

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BME or TRY?

B&M European Value Retail received 773 more outperform votes than TR Property Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.96% of users gave B&M European Value Retail an outperform vote while only 68.18% of users gave TR Property Investment Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
B&M European Value Retail	Outperform Votes 893 80.96%	Underperform Votes 210 19.04%
TR Property Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 120 68.18%	Underperform Votes 56 31.82%

Do analysts recommend BME or TRY?

B&M European Value Retail presently has a consensus target price of GBX 457.75, suggesting a potential upside of 33.38%. Given B&M European Value Retail's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe B&M European Value Retail is more favorable than TR Property Investment Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
B&M European Value Retail	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.59
TR Property Investment Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor BME or TRY?

In the previous week, B&M European Value Retail and B&M European Value Retail both had 1 articles in the media. TR Property Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat B&M European Value Retail's score of 1.20 indicating that TR Property Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
B&M European Value Retail	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TR Property Investment Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, BME or TRY?

B&M European Value Retail has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TR Property Investment Trust has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BME or TRY more profitable?

TR Property Investment Trust has a net margin of 91.50% compared to B&M European Value Retail's net margin of 5.81%. B&M European Value Retail's return on equity of 43.85% beat TR Property Investment Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
B&M European Value Retail	5.81%	43.85%	10.58%
TR Property Investment Trust	91.50%	24.54%	-24.58%

Is BME or TRY a better dividend stock?

B&M European Value Retail pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 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 4.7%. B&M European Value Retail pays out 35.9% 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.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BME or TRY?

59.9% of B&M European Value Retail shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.6% of TR Property Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of B&M European Value Retail 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

B&M European Value Retail beats TR Property Investment Trust on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.