GRI vs. IWG, SVS, SMP, MTVW, LOK, LSL, HLCL, TPFG, FOXT, and UAI
Should you be buying Grainger stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Grainger include IWG (IWG), Savills (SVS), St. Modwen Properties (SMP), Mountview Estates (MTVW), Lok'nStore Group (LOK), LSL Property Services (LSL), Helical (HLCL), The Property Franchise Group (TPFG), Foxtons Group (FOXT), and U and I Group (UAI). These companies are all part of the "real estate services" industry.
Grainger (LON:GRI) and IWG (LON:IWG) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
Grainger has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IWG has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Grainger received 411 more outperform votes than IWG when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.04% of users gave Grainger an outperform vote while only 62.19% of users gave IWG an outperform vote.
86.3% of Grainger shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.8% of IWG shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Grainger shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 28.7% of IWG shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Grainger has a net margin of -0.41% compared to IWG's net margin of -7.27%. Grainger's return on equity of -0.06% beat IWG's return on equity.
Grainger pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. IWG pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. IWG pays out -952.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Grainger currently has a consensus target price of GBX 284.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.80%. IWG has a consensus target price of GBX 215, indicating a potential upside of 17.74%. Given IWG's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe IWG is more favorable than Grainger.
In the previous week, IWG had 5 more articles in the media than Grainger. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for IWG and 5 mentions for Grainger. IWG's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Grainger's score of -0.62 indicating that IWG is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Grainger has higher earnings, but lower revenue than IWG.
Summary
Grainger beats IWG on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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