LSL Property Services (OTCMKTS:LSLPF) vs. STAG Industrial (NYSE:STAG) Financial Comparison

LSL Property Services (OTCMKTS:LSLPF) and STAG Industrial (NYSE:STAG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

88.7% of STAG Industrial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of STAG Industrial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for LSL Property Services and STAG Industrial, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LSL Property Services	0	0	0	0	0.00
STAG Industrial	0	4	4	0	2.50

STAG Industrial has a consensus target price of $40.38, suggesting a potential upside of 14.91%. Given STAG Industrial’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe STAG Industrial is more favorable than LSL Property Services.

Risk and Volatility

LSL Property Services has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, STAG Industrial has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares LSL Property Services and STAG Industrial”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LSL Property Services	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
STAG Industrial	$767.38 million	8.54	$189.22 million	$1.04	33.78

STAG Industrial has higher revenue and earnings than LSL Property Services.

Profitability

This table compares LSL Property Services and STAG Industrial’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LSL Property Services	N/A	N/A	N/A
STAG Industrial	24.64%	5.51%	2.89%

Summary

STAG Industrial beats LSL Property Services on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About LSL Property Services

LSL Property Services plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of business-to-business services to mortgage intermediaries and estate agency franchisees, and valuation services to lenders in the United Kingdom. The company operates through three segments: Financial Services, Surveying & Valuation, and Estate Agency Franchising. The Financial Services segment offers compliance and other services to mortgage and insurance networks. The Surveying & Valuation segment provides valuations and professional surveying services of residential properties to various lenders and individual customers; data services to lenders; and asset management services, including managing the sale of residential properties on behalf of corporate clients and property investors. The Estate Agency Franchising segment offers brand marketing, and commercial and information technology support services under brands, including Your Move and Reeds Rains, as well as various local brands; repossession services; and conveyancing panel management and support services to its franchisees and their customers. It also offers business and domestic software development; and conveyancing packaging services. The company was incorporated in 2004 and is based in Newcastle upon Tyne, the United Kingdom.

About STAG Industrial

STAG Industrial, Inc. is a real estate investment company, which engages in acquiring, owning, and managing single-tenant, industrial real estate assets. It offers industrial real estate operating platform to real estate ownership. The company was founded by Benjamin S. Butcher on July 21, 2010 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.