UTG vs. LAND, LMP, BLND, GPOR, SIR, DIGS, HBRN, BCPT, RDI, and MKLW
Should you be buying Unite Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Unite Group include Land Securities Group (LAND), LondonMetric Property (LMP), British Land (BLND), Great Portland Estates (GPOR), Secure Income REIT (SIR), GCP Student Living (DIGS), Hibernia REIT (HBRN), Balanced Commercial Property Trust (BCPT), Rdi Reit (RDI), and A & J Mucklow Group P L C (MKLW). These companies are all part of the "reit - diversified" industry.
Land Securities Group (LON:LAND) and Unite Group (LON:UTG) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
Land Securities Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Unite Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 35 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Land Securities Group pays out -9,302.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Unite Group pays out 14,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Land Securities Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Unite Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Land Securities Group. Land Securities Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Unite Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Land Securities Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 650, suggesting a potential upside of 1.09%. Unite Group has a consensus target price of GBX 1,084.25, suggesting a potential upside of 19.02%. Given Land Securities Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Unite Group is more favorable than Land Securities Group.
75.7% of Land Securities Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.0% of Unite Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Land Securities Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Unite Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Land Securities Group has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unite Group has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Land Securities Group had 6 more articles in the media than Unite Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Land Securities Group and 0 mentions for Unite Group. Unite Group's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Land Securities Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Land Securities Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Land Securities Group received 135 more outperform votes than Unite Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.17% of users gave Unite Group an outperform vote while only 62.91% of users gave Land Securities Group an outperform vote.
Unite Group has a net margin of 31.20% compared to Unite Group's net margin of -38.71%. Land Securities Group's return on equity of 2.62% beat Unite Group's return on equity.
Summary
Unite Group beats Land Securities Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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