SHC vs. SHB, HMSO, NRR, CAL, INTU, LSR, LAND, LMP, BLND, and UTG
Should you be buying Shaftesbury Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shaftesbury Capital include Shaftesbury (SHB), Hammerson (HMSO), NewRiver REIT (NRR), Capital & Regional (CAL), Intu Properties (INTU), Local Shopping REIT PLC (LSR.L) (LSR), Land Securities Group (LAND), LondonMetric Property (LMP), British Land (BLND), and Unite Group (UTG). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Shaftesbury (LON:SHB) and Shaftesbury Capital (LON:SHC) are both real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
Shaftesbury pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Shaftesbury Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Shaftesbury pays out 3,939.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Shaftesbury Capital pays out 666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Shaftesbury received 305 more outperform votes than Shaftesbury Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Shaftesbury Capital an outperform vote while only 48.43% of users gave Shaftesbury an outperform vote.
Shaftesbury Capital has a net margin of 378.99% compared to Shaftesbury Capital's net margin of 96.75%. Shaftesbury's return on equity of 29.77% beat Shaftesbury Capital's return on equity.
In the previous week, Shaftesbury Capital had 2 more articles in the media than Shaftesbury. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Shaftesbury Capital and 0 mentions for Shaftesbury. Shaftesbury Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Shaftesbury'saverage media sentiment score.
Shaftesbury has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shaftesbury Capital has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
101.1% of Shaftesbury shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.6% of Shaftesbury Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Shaftesbury shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Shaftesbury Capital 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.
Shaftesbury Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Shaftesbury. Shaftesbury Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shaftesbury, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Shaftesbury Capital has a consensus price target of GBX 154.50, suggesting a potential upside of 5.97%. Given Shaftesbury's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Shaftesbury Capital is more favorable than Shaftesbury.
Summary
Shaftesbury Capital beats Shaftesbury on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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