Financial Review: W.P. Carey (NYSE:WPC) vs. LondonMetric Property (OTCMKTS:LNSPF)

LondonMetric Property (OTCMKTS:LNSPF) and W.P. Carey (NYSE:WPC) are both real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares LondonMetric Property and W.P. Carey”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LondonMetric Property	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
W.P. Carey	$1.72 billion	9.67	$466.36 million	$2.93	24.88

W.P. Carey has higher revenue and earnings than LondonMetric Property.

Profitability

This table compares LondonMetric Property and W.P. Carey’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LondonMetric Property	N/A	N/A	N/A
W.P. Carey	36.34%	7.81%	3.58%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

44.6% of LondonMetric Property shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.7% of W.P. Carey shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of W.P. Carey shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for LondonMetric Property and W.P. Carey, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LondonMetric Property	0	0	0	0	0.00
W.P. Carey	1	6	7	0	2.43

W.P. Carey has a consensus price target of $79.31, suggesting a potential upside of 8.81%. Given W.P. Carey’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe W.P. Carey is more favorable than LondonMetric Property.

Summary

W.P. Carey beats LondonMetric Property on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About LondonMetric Property

LondonMetric is a FTSE 250 REIT that owns one of the UK's leading listed logistics platforms alongside a grocery-led long income portfolio, with 17 million sq ft under management. It owns and manages desirable real estate that meets occupiers' demands, delivers reliable, repetitive and growing income-led returns and outperforms over the long term.

About W.P. Carey

W. P. Carey ranks among the largest net lease REITs with a well-diversified portfolio of high-quality, operationally critical commercial real estate, which includes 1,424 net lease properties covering approximately 173 million square feet and a portfolio of 89 self-storage operating properties as of December 31, 2023. With offices in New York, London, Amsterdam and Dallas, the company remains focused on investing primarily in single-tenant, industrial, warehouse and retail properties located in the U.S. and Northern and Western Europe, under long-term net leases with built-in rent escalations.