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Workspace Group (WKP) Competitors

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GBX 409.50 -5.00 (-1.21%)
As of 05:46 AM Eastern

WKP vs. DLN, GPE, CLI, RGL, SHC, BYG, GPOR, IWG, LXI, and SRE

Should you be buying Workspace Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Workspace Group include Derwent London (DLN), Great Portland Estates (GPE), CLS (CLI), Regional REIT (RGL), Shaftesbury Capital (SHC), Big Yellow Group (BYG), Great Portland Estates (GPOR), IWG (IWG), Lxi Reit (LXI), and Sirius Real Estate (SRE). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.

Workspace Group vs.

Workspace Group (LON:WKP) and Derwent London (LON:DLN) are both real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk, media sentiment and valuation.

Workspace Group has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Derwent London has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

63.1% of Workspace Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.3% of Derwent London shares are held by institutional investors. 32.2% of Workspace Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Derwent London shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Workspace Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 700, indicating a potential upside of 68.49%. Derwent London has a consensus price target of GBX 2,700, indicating a potential upside of 41.96%. Given Workspace Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Workspace Group is more favorable than Derwent London.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Workspace Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Derwent London
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Workspace Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Derwent London pays an annual dividend of GBX 80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Workspace Group pays out -27.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Derwent London pays out -24.8% 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. Workspace Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Workspace Group received 158 more outperform votes than Derwent London when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.27% of users gave Workspace Group an outperform vote while only 51.53% of users gave Derwent London an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Workspace GroupOutperform Votes
546
70.27%
Underperform Votes
231
29.73%
Derwent LondonOutperform Votes
388
51.53%
Underperform Votes
365
48.47%

In the previous week, Workspace Group had 1 more articles in the media than Derwent London. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Workspace Group and 1 mentions for Derwent London. Derwent London's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Workspace Group's score of 0.39 indicating that Derwent London is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Workspace Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Derwent London
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Workspace Group has a net margin of -104.45% compared to Derwent London's net margin of -129.56%. Derwent London's return on equity of -10.41% beat Workspace Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Workspace Group-104.45% -12.20% 2.35%
Derwent London -129.56%-10.41%1.96%

Workspace Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Derwent London. Derwent London is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Workspace Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Workspace Group£184.50M4.32-£192.71M-£100.27-4.14
Derwent London£277.67M7.67-£359.76M-£322.32-5.90

Summary

Workspace Group beats Derwent London on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WKP vs. The Competition

MetricWorkspace GroupREIT IndustryReal Estate SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£797.60M£736.50M£1.58B£2.66B
Dividend Yield6.09%12.57%6.37%5.05%
P/E Ratio-4.141.5510.22129.21
Price / Sales4.32182.771,460.10221,406.01
Price / Cash41.1563.0767.7828.02
Price / Book0.510.421.253.79
Net Income-£192.71M-£181.49M-£117.53M£5.88B
7 Day Performance-8.49%-0.92%-0.29%0.63%
1 Month Performance-5.58%3.52%5.41%22.11%
1 Year Performance-23.63%2.46%3.86%120.87%

Workspace Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WKP
Workspace Group
2.9669 of 5 stars
GBX 409.50
-1.2%
GBX 700
+70.9%
-23.6%£786.16M£184.50M-4.08293Dividend Cut
DLN
Derwent London
3.4009 of 5 stars
GBX 1,924
-2.0%
GBX 2,700
+40.3%
-16.3%£2.15B£277.67M-5.97199Positive News
Gap Down
GPE
Great Portland Estates
2.9281 of 5 stars
GBX 332.50
-2.2%
GBX 374
+12.5%
-22.0%£1.33B£230.33M3.31134Earnings Report
CLI
CLS
2.5091 of 5 stars
GBX 61.30
-0.6%
GBX 114
+86.0%
-31.9%£244.27M£154.62M-1.18118News Coverage
RGL
Regional REIT
N/AGBX 118.80
-0.2%
N/A+365.2%£192.03M£287.40M-0.74N/ANews Coverage
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
SHC
Shaftesbury Capital
1.7842 of 5 stars
GBX 143.50
-1.2%
GBX 174
+21.3%
+1.1%£2.78B£241.46M69.813,000News Coverage
BYG
Big Yellow Group
N/AGBX 987
-1.2%
GBX 1,385
+40.3%
-21.8%£1.93B£200.54M8.00503Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
GPOR
Great Portland Estates
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.87B£100.70M124.66210Gap Up
IWG
IWG
N/AGBX 184.60
-3.1%
N/A-11.3%£1.85B£2.76B-13.7310,000
LXI
Lxi Reit
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.72B£256.30M-458.18N/A
SRE
Sirius Real Estate
2.699 of 5 stars
GBX 93
-1.1%
GBX 115
+23.7%
-7.2%£1.68B£386.21M12.17241

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This page (LON:WKP) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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