GRP.U vs. DOC, AMH, UDR, KIM, HST, WPC, GLPI, LAMR, ELS, and CPT
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 Healthpeak Properties (DOC), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), UDR (UDR), Kimco Realty (KIM), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), W. P. Carey (WPC), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), and Camden Property Trust (CPT). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Healthpeak Properties (NYSE:DOC) and Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (NYSE:GRP.U) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Healthpeak 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 Healthpeak Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
93.6% of Healthpeak Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Healthpeak Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Healthpeak Properties currently has a consensus target price of $19.41, indicating a potential upside of 0.62%. Given Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Healthpeak Properties is more favorable than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple.
Healthpeak Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Healthpeak Properties pays out 342.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple pays out 88.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Healthpeak Properties has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Healthpeak Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Healthpeak Properties had 2 more articles in the media than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Healthpeak Properties and 1 mentions for Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple. Healthpeak Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's score of 0.47 indicating that Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple has a net margin of 40.76% compared to Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's net margin of 8.56%. Healthpeak Properties' return on equity of 4.03% beat Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's return on equity.
Healthpeak Properties has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Healthpeak Properties received 490 more outperform votes than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.91% of users gave Healthpeak Properties an outperform vote while only 36.84% of users gave Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple an outperform vote.
Summary
Healthpeak Properties beats Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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