JBGS vs. KRG, EPRT, VNO, RYN, IRT, PECO, KRC, CTRE, HASI, and SLG
Should you be buying JBG SMITH Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of JBG SMITH Properties include Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), Rayonier (RYN), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), Kilroy Realty (KRC), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI), and SL Green Realty (SLG). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Kite Realty Group Trust (NYSE:KRG) and JBG SMITH Properties (NYSE:JBGS) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.
90.8% of Kite Realty Group Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of JBG SMITH Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Kite Realty Group Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of JBG SMITH Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Kite Realty Group Trust has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JBG SMITH Properties has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kite Realty Group Trust has higher revenue and earnings than JBG SMITH Properties. JBG SMITH Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kite Realty Group Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kite Realty Group Trust has a net margin of 6.83% compared to Kite Realty Group Trust's net margin of -22.37%. JBG SMITH Properties' return on equity of 1.56% beat Kite Realty Group Trust's return on equity.
Kite Realty Group Trust received 66 more outperform votes than JBG SMITH Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.64% of users gave JBG SMITH Properties an outperform vote while only 55.66% of users gave Kite Realty Group Trust an outperform vote.
In the previous week, JBG SMITH Properties had 1 more articles in the media than Kite Realty Group Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for JBG SMITH Properties and 2 mentions for Kite Realty Group Trust. Kite Realty Group Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat JBG SMITH Properties' score of 1.60 indicating that JBG SMITH Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kite Realty Group Trust currently has a consensus price target of $26.40, indicating a potential upside of 19.13%. JBG SMITH Properties has a consensus price target of $14.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.03%. Given JBG SMITH Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kite Realty Group Trust is more favorable than JBG SMITH Properties.
Kite Realty Group Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. JBG SMITH Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Kite Realty Group Trust pays out 384.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. JBG SMITH Properties pays out -50.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kite Realty Group Trust has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. JBG SMITH Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Kite Realty Group Trust beats JBG SMITH Properties on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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