Financial Review: Savills (SVLPF) and Its Peers

Savills (OTCMKTS:SVLPF) is one of 330 public companies in the “Real Estate Management & Development” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Savills to related businesses based on the strength of its risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Savills and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Savills	N/A	N/A	N/A
Savills Competitors	-247.11%	-677.27%	-1.61%

Dividends

Savills pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Savills pays out 26.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Real Estate Management & Development” companies pay a dividend yield of 4.9% and pay out 47.9% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Savills and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Savills	0	0	2	0	3.00
Savills Competitors	1425	4260	6968	193	2.46

As a group, “Real Estate Management & Development” companies have a potential upside of 26.25%. Given Savills’ peers higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Savills has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

49.1% of Savills shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.7% of shares of all “Real Estate Management & Development” companies are owned by institutional investors. 27.3% of shares of all “Real Estate Management & Development” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Savills and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Savills	N/A	N/A	30.11
Savills Competitors	$2.67 billion	-$394.99 million	-13.32

Savills’ peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Savills. Savills is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Savills beats its peers on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

Savills Company Profile

Savills plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of real estate services in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, the Asia Pacific, Africa, North America, and the Middle East. The company advises on commercial, residential, rural, and leisure properties; and offers corporate finance advisory, investment management, and a range of property-related financial services. It operates through Transaction Advisory, Property and Facilities Management, Investment Management, and Consultancy segments. The Transaction Advisory segment provides commercial, residential, leisure, and agricultural leasing services; and tenant representation, as well as investment advice on purchases and sales. The Property and Facilities Management segment manages commercial, residential, leisure, and agricultural properties for owners; and provides services to occupiers of properties, including strategic advice and project management, as well as various services relating to a property. The Investment Management segment is involved in the investment management of commercial and residential property portfolios for institutional, corporate, or private investors on a pooled or segregated account basis. The Consultancy segment offers various professional property services, such as valuation, project management and housing consultancy, environmental consultancy, landlord and tenant, rating, development, planning, strategic projects, research, and corporate services. The company was founded in 1855 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.