FR vs. STAG, EGP, RHP, STWD, COLD, ADC, AGNC, HR, BRX, and AIRC
Should you be buying First Industrial Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Industrial Realty Trust include STAG Industrial (STAG), EastGroup Properties (EGP), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Starwood Property Trust (STWD), Americold Realty Trust (COLD), Agree Realty (ADC), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), and Apartment Income REIT (AIRC). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
STAG Industrial (NYSE:STAG) and First Industrial Realty Trust (NYSE:FR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
88.7% of STAG Industrial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of First Industrial Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of STAG Industrial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of First Industrial Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, STAG Industrial had 2 more articles in the media than First Industrial Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for STAG Industrial and 4 mentions for First Industrial Realty Trust. STAG Industrial's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat First Industrial Realty Trust's score of 1.02 indicating that First Industrial Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
STAG Industrial received 21 more outperform votes than First Industrial Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.92% of users gave STAG Industrial an outperform vote while only 58.66% of users gave First Industrial Realty Trust an outperform vote.
First Industrial Realty Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than STAG Industrial. First Industrial Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than STAG Industrial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
STAG Industrial presently has a consensus target price of $39.13, indicating a potential upside of 7.53%. First Industrial Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $53.09, indicating a potential upside of 10.47%. Given STAG Industrial's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Industrial Realty Trust is more favorable than STAG Industrial.
STAG Industrial pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. First Industrial Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. STAG Industrial pays out 148.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. First Industrial Realty Trust pays out 68.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. STAG Industrial has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and First Industrial Realty Trust has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years.
First Industrial Realty Trust has a net margin of 45.83% compared to First Industrial Realty Trust's net margin of 24.92%. STAG Industrial's return on equity of 10.97% beat First Industrial Realty Trust's return on equity.
STAG Industrial has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Industrial Realty Trust has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
First Industrial Realty Trust beats STAG Industrial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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