OUT vs. DEI, LXP, ABR, FCPT, NSA, CDP, HIW, NHI, EQC, and BNL
Should you be buying OUTFRONT Media stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OUTFRONT Media include Douglas Emmett (DEI), LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), Arbor Realty Trust (ABR), Four Corners Property Trust (FCPT), National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSA), COPT Defense Properties (CDP), Highwoods Properties (HIW), National Health Investors (NHI), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), and Broadstone Net Lease (BNL). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
OUTFRONT Media (NYSE:OUT) and Douglas Emmett (NYSE:DEI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk and media sentiment.
Douglas Emmett received 116 more outperform votes than OUTFRONT Media when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.94% of users gave Douglas Emmett an outperform vote while only 57.91% of users gave OUTFRONT Media an outperform vote.
OUTFRONT Media has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Douglas Emmett has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Douglas Emmett has lower revenue, but higher earnings than OUTFRONT Media. Douglas Emmett is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OUTFRONT Media, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
OUTFRONT Media pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Douglas Emmett pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. OUTFRONT Media pays out -45.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Douglas Emmett pays out -245.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
In the previous week, Douglas Emmett had 2 more articles in the media than OUTFRONT Media. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Douglas Emmett and 3 mentions for OUTFRONT Media. Douglas Emmett's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat OUTFRONT Media's score of 0.88 indicating that Douglas Emmett is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Douglas Emmett has a net margin of -5.40% compared to OUTFRONT Media's net margin of -23.38%. Douglas Emmett's return on equity of -1.33% beat OUTFRONT Media's return on equity.
97.4% of Douglas Emmett shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of OUTFRONT Media shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of Douglas Emmett shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
OUTFRONT Media presently has a consensus target price of $14.75, indicating a potential upside of 3.36%. Douglas Emmett has a consensus target price of $13.67, indicating a potential upside of 1.23%. Given OUTFRONT Media's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe OUTFRONT Media is more favorable than Douglas Emmett.
Summary
Douglas Emmett beats OUTFRONT Media on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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