Prs Reit (PRSR) Competitors

Prs Reit (LON:PRSR) and Empiric Student Property (LON:ESP) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, valuation and community ranking.

Is PRSR or ESP a better dividend stock?

Prs Reit pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Empiric Student Property pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Prs Reit pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Empiric Student Property pays out 4,444.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has better earnings & valuation, PRSR or ESP?

Empiric Student Property has higher revenue and earnings than Prs Reit. Prs Reit is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Empiric Student Property, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Prs Reit	£49.70M	8.45	£42.45M	£0.08	956.25
Empiric Student Property	£80.50M	7.01	£53.40M	£0.09	1,038.89

Do analysts prefer PRSR or ESP?

Prs Reit presently has a consensus target price of GBX 114, suggesting a potential upside of 49.02%. Given Prs Reit's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Prs Reit is more favorable than Empiric Student Property.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Prs Reit	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Empiric Student Property	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media refer more to PRSR or ESP?

In the previous week, Empiric Student Property had 1 more articles in the media than Prs Reit. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Empiric Student Property and 0 mentions for Prs Reit. Empiric Student Property's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Prs Reit's score of 0.00 indicating that Empiric Student Property is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Prs Reit	Neutral
Empiric Student Property	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, PRSR or ESP?

Prs Reit has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Empiric Student Property has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PRSR or ESP?

Empiric Student Property received 83 more outperform votes than Prs Reit when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.80% of users gave Empiric Student Property an outperform vote while only 49.70% of users gave Prs Reit an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Prs Reit	Outperform Votes 84 49.70%	Underperform Votes 85 50.30%
Empiric Student Property	Outperform Votes 167 66.80%	Underperform Votes 83 33.20%

Is PRSR or ESP more profitable?

Prs Reit has a net margin of 85.41% compared to Empiric Student Property's net margin of 66.33%. Empiric Student Property's return on equity of 7.44% beat Prs Reit's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Prs Reit	85.41%	6.54%	2.02%
Empiric Student Property	66.33%	7.44%	2.25%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PRSR or ESP?

76.1% of Prs Reit shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.3% of Empiric Student Property shares are held by institutional investors. 6.7% of Prs Reit shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Empiric Student Property shares are held 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.

Summary

Empiric Student Property beats Prs Reit on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.