WKP vs. GPE, CLI, DLN, SUPR, UKCM, AGR, SRE, PHP, HMSO, and BCPT
Should you be buying Workspace Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Workspace Group include Great Portland Estates (GPE), CLS (CLI), Derwent London (DLN), Supermarket Income REIT (SUPR), UK Commercial Property REIT (UKCM), Assura (AGR), Sirius Real Estate (SRE), Primary Health Properties (PHP), Hammerson (HMSO), and Balanced Commercial Property Trust (BCPT). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Workspace Group (LON:WKP) and Great Portland Estates (LON:GPE) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and community ranking.
In the previous week, Great Portland Estates had 1 more articles in the media than Workspace Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Great Portland Estates and 0 mentions for Workspace Group. Workspace Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Great Portland Estates' score of -0.01 indicating that Workspace Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Workspace Group has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great Portland Estates has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
70.7% of Workspace Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of Great Portland Estates shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.0% of Workspace Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Great Portland Estates shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Workspace Group has higher revenue and earnings than Great Portland Estates. Workspace Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Great Portland Estates, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Workspace Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 691, indicating a potential upside of 34.83%. Great Portland Estates has a consensus target price of GBX 453, indicating a potential upside of 16.81%. Given Workspace Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Workspace Group is more favorable than Great Portland Estates.
Workspace Group received 533 more outperform votes than Great Portland Estates when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.19% of users gave Workspace Group an outperform vote while only 61.11% of users gave Great Portland Estates an outperform vote.
Great Portland Estates has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Workspace Group's net margin of -121.30%. Workspace Group's return on equity of -12.71% beat Great Portland Estates' return on equity.
Workspace Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Great Portland Estates pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Workspace Group pays out -2,241.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Great Portland Estates pays out -992.4% 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.
Summary
Workspace Group beats Great Portland Estates on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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