Financial Contrast: Shaftesbury Capital (OTCMKTS:CCPPF) & Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:PECO)

Shaftesbury Capital (OTCMKTS:CCPPF) and Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:PECO) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Shaftesbury Capital and Phillips Edison & Company, Inc., as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shaftesbury Capital	0	1	0	0	2.00
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.	1	3	3	0	2.29

Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a consensus target price of $38.14, suggesting a potential upside of 19.12%. Given Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. is more favorable than Shaftesbury Capital.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Shaftesbury Capital and Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Shaftesbury Capital	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.	$610.12 million	6.41	$56.85 million	$0.46	69.61

Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has higher revenue and earnings than Shaftesbury Capital.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

80.7% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.9% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Shaftesbury Capital and Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shaftesbury Capital	N/A	N/A	N/A
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.	9.32%	2.19%	1.19%

Summary

Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. beats Shaftesbury Capital on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Shaftesbury Capital

Shaftesbury Capital PLC ("Shaftesbury Capital") is the leading central London mixed-use REIT and is a constituent of the FTSE-250 Index. Our property portfolio, valued at £4.8 billion at December 2023, extends to 2.9 million square feet of lettable space across the most vibrant areas of London's West End. With a diverse mix of shops, restaurants, cafés, bars, residential and offices, our destinations include the high footfall, thriving neighbourhoods of Covent Garden, Carnaby, Soho and Chinatown, together with holdings in Fitzrovia. Our properties are close to the main West End Underground stations and transport hubs for the Elizabeth Line. Shaftesbury Capital shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange ("LSE") (primary) and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange ("JSE") (secondary) and the A2X (secondary).

About Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.

Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO) is one of the nation's largest owners and operators of omni-channel grocery-anchored shopping centers. Founded in 1991, PECO has generated strong results through its vertically-integrated operating platform and national footprint of well-occupied shopping centers. PECO's centers feature a mix of national and regional retailers providing necessity-based goods and services in fundamentally strong markets throughout the United States. PECO's top grocery anchors include Kroger, Publix, Albertsons and Ahold Delhaize. As of December 31, 2023, PECO managed 301 shopping centers, including 281 wholly-owned centers comprising 32.2 million square feet across 31 states and 20 shopping centers owned in one institutional joint venture. PECO is exclusively focused on creating great omni-channel, grocery-anchored shopping experiences and improving communities, one neighborhood shopping center at a time.