WPC vs. UDR, HST, KIM, AMH, GLPI, DOC, LAMR, ELS, CPT, and REG
Should you be buying W. P. Carey stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of W. P. Carey include UDR (UDR), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), Kimco Realty (KIM), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), Healthpeak Properties (DOC), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Camden Property Trust (CPT), and Regency Centers (REG). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
UDR (NYSE:UDR) and W. P. Carey (NYSE:WPC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
UDR received 109 more outperform votes than W. P. Carey when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.30% of users gave W. P. Carey an outperform vote while only 55.20% of users gave UDR an outperform vote.
In the previous week, UDR had 1 more articles in the media than W. P. Carey. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for UDR and 8 mentions for W. P. Carey. UDR's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat W. P. Carey's score of 0.06 indicating that W. P. Carey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
UDR currently has a consensus price target of $40.35, suggesting a potential upside of 4.33%. W. P. Carey has a consensus price target of $63.18, suggesting a potential upside of 11.91%. Given UDR's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe W. P. Carey is more favorable than UDR.
UDR pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. W. P. Carey pays an annual dividend of $3.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. UDR pays out 123.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. W. P. Carey pays out 131.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. UDR has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and W. P. Carey has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
W. P. Carey has higher revenue and earnings than UDR. W. P. Carey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UDR, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
UDR has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W. P. Carey has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
97.8% of UDR shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.7% of W. P. Carey shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of UDR shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of W. P. Carey shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
W. P. Carey has a net margin of 33.65% compared to W. P. Carey's net margin of 27.81%. W. P. Carey's return on equity of 11.57% beat UDR's return on equity.
Summary
UDR beats W. P. Carey on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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