CSR vs. KRC, PECO, IRT, HASI, CTRE, APLE, CUZ, SLG, PCH, and SBRA
Should you be buying Centerspace stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Centerspace include Kilroy Realty (KRC), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE), Cousins Properties (CUZ), SL Green Realty (SLG), PotlatchDeltic (PCH), and Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Centerspace (NYSE:CSR) and Kilroy Realty (NYSE:KRC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, dividends and earnings.
Centerspace has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kilroy Realty has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Centerspace had 3 more articles in the media than Kilroy Realty. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Centerspace and 5 mentions for Kilroy Realty. Kilroy Realty's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Centerspace's score of 1.35 indicating that Kilroy Realty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kilroy Realty has a net margin of 18.43% compared to Centerspace's net margin of -2.38%. Kilroy Realty's return on equity of 3.63% beat Centerspace's return on equity.
Centerspace presently has a consensus price target of $67.57, suggesting a potential downside of 0.92%. Kilroy Realty has a consensus price target of $38.45, suggesting a potential upside of 21.81%. Given Kilroy Realty's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kilroy Realty is more favorable than Centerspace.
79.0% of Centerspace shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Kilroy Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Centerspace shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Kilroy Realty shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kilroy Realty received 423 more outperform votes than Centerspace when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.17% of users gave Kilroy Realty an outperform vote while only 40.58% of users gave Centerspace an outperform vote.
Centerspace pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Kilroy Realty pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Centerspace pays out -375.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kilroy Realty pays out 124.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Kilroy Realty has higher revenue and earnings than Centerspace. Centerspace is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kilroy Realty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Kilroy Realty beats Centerspace on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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