TR Property Investment Trust (TRY) Competitors

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

Is UTG or TRY more profitable?

Unite Group has a net margin of 76.10% compared to TR Property Investment Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Unite Group's return on equity of 6.72% beat TR Property Investment Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Unite Group	76.10%	6.72%	2.50%
TR Property Investment Trust	N/A	-43.24%	-24.58%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in UTG or TRY?

81.1% of Unite Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.6% of TR Property Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Unite Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of TR Property Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor UTG or TRY?

In the previous week, Unite Group and Unite Group both had 1 articles in the media. TR Property Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Unite Group's score of 0.07 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
Unite Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
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)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer UTG or TRY?

Unite Group received 371 more outperform votes than TR Property Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.18% of users gave TR Property Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 65.91% of users gave Unite Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Unite Group	Outperform Votes 491 65.91%	Underperform Votes 254 34.09%
TR Property Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 120 68.18%	Underperform Votes 56 31.82%

Do analysts prefer UTG or TRY?

Unite Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,084.25, indicating a potential upside of 18.56%. Given Unite Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly 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)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
TR Property Investment Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

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 3.9%. TR Property Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Unite Group pays out 5,901.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TR Property Investment Trust pays out -852.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TR Property Investment Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher valuation & 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	£358.10M	12.48	£272.50M	£0.61	1,499.18
TR Property Investment Trust	-£528.72M	-2.08	-£547.27M	-£1.76	-197.31

Which has more risk and volatility, UTG or TRY?

Unite Group has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% 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.

Summary

Unite Group beats TR Property Investment Trust on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.