Warehouse REIT (WHR) Competitors

Warehouse REIT (LON:WHR) and Anpario (LON:ANP) are both small-cap consumer goods companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Is WHR or ANP more profitable?

Warehouse REIT has a net margin of 856.82% compared to Anpario's net margin of 9.23%. Warehouse REIT's return on equity of 81.53% beat Anpario's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Warehouse REIT	856.82%	81.53%	2.51%
Anpario	9.23%	8.74%	5.51%

Which has more volatility & risk, WHR or ANP?

Warehouse REIT has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Anpario has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is WHR or ANP a better dividend stock?

Warehouse REIT pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Anpario pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Warehouse REIT pays out 5.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Anpario pays out 60.7% 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. Warehouse REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, WHR or ANP?

Warehouse REIT has higher revenue and earnings than Anpario. Warehouse REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Anpario, 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
Warehouse REIT	£50.81M	9.27	£435.35M	£103.07	1.08
Anpario	£33.50M	2.16	£3.09M	£18.11	23.47

Do insiders and institutionals believe in WHR or ANP?

64.8% of Warehouse REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.1% of Anpario shares are held by institutional investors. 9.5% of Warehouse REIT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 30.5% of Anpario shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend WHR or ANP?

Anpario has a consensus price target of GBX 435, indicating a potential upside of 2.35%. Given Anpario's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Anpario is more favorable than Warehouse REIT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Warehouse REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Anpario	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer WHR or ANP?

In the previous week, Warehouse REIT had 2 more articles in the media than Anpario. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Warehouse REIT and 1 mentions for Anpario. Anpario's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Warehouse REIT's score of 0.20 indicating that Anpario is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Warehouse REIT	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Anpario	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Warehouse REIT beats Anpario on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.