GRP.U vs. EPR, SBRA, HHH, BXMT, MAC, SKT, MPW, SLG, SITC, and BNL
Should you be buying Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple include EPR Properties (EPR), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), Howard Hughes (HHH), Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT), Macerich (MAC), Tanger (SKT), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), SL Green Realty (SLG), SITE Centers (SITC), and Broadstone Net Lease (BNL). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (NYSE:GRP.U) and EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
EPR Properties received 371 more outperform votes than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.51% of users gave EPR Properties an outperform vote while only 36.84% of users gave Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple an outperform vote.
EPR Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EPR Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
EPR Properties has a consensus price target of $47.25, suggesting a potential upside of 16.70%. Given EPR Properties' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe EPR Properties is more favorable than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple.
In the previous week, EPR Properties had 6 more articles in the media than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for EPR Properties and 1 mentions for Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat EPR Properties' score of 0.18 indicating that Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple is being referred to more favorably in the media.
57.1% of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.7% of EPR Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of EPR Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple has a net margin of 40.76% compared to EPR Properties' net margin of 25.39%. EPR Properties' return on equity of 7.23% beat Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's return on equity.
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EPR Properties has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple pays an annual dividend of $2.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. EPR Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple pays out 91.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. EPR Properties pays out 168.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
EPR Properties beats Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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