Financial Survey: Grainger (GRGTF) versus The Competition

Institutional & Insider Ownership

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Grainger pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Grainger pays out 11.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Real Estate Management & Development” companies pay a dividend yield of 5.0% and pay out 47.9% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Grainger and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Grainger	N/A	N/A	13.91
Grainger Competitors	$3.15 billion	-$394.99 million	-20.47

Grainger’s peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Grainger. Grainger 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.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Grainger	N/A	N/A	N/A
Grainger Competitors	-247.19%	-677.28%	-1.62%

Summary

Grainger beats its peers on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

Grainger Company Profile

Grainger plc, together with its subsidiaries, owns, operates, and manages private rental homes in the United Kingdom. The company was formerly known as Grainger Trust Plc and changed the name to Grainger Plc in March 2007. Grainger plc was incorporated in 1912 and is headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne, the United Kingdom.