PECO vs. WRI, MAC, KRG, SITC, RPAI, SUI, DOC, AMH, HST, and UDR
Should you be buying Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. include Weingarten Realty Investors (WRI), Macerich (MAC), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), SITE Centers (SITC), Retail Properties of America (RPAI), Sun Communities (SUI), Healthpeak Properties (DOC), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), and UDR (UDR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Weingarten Realty Investors (NYSE:WRI) and Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:PECO) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.
Weingarten Realty Investors has a net margin of 18.97% compared to Weingarten Realty Investors' net margin of 9.33%. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s return on equity of 4.93% beat Weingarten Realty Investors' return on equity.
85.2% of Weingarten Realty Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.6% of Weingarten Realty Investors shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Weingarten Realty Investors has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.. Weingarten Realty Investors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Weingarten Realty Investors received 254 more outperform votes than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 45.92% of users gave Weingarten Realty Investors an outperform vote while only 32.65% of users gave Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. an outperform vote.
Weingarten Realty Investors has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Weingarten Realty Investors pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Weingarten Realty Investors pays out 55.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. pays out 254.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. had 10 more articles in the media than Weingarten Realty Investors. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. and 0 mentions for Weingarten Realty Investors. Weingarten Realty Investors' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s score of 0.00 indicating that Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a consensus price target of $37.86, indicating a potential upside of 21.03%. Given Weingarten Realty Investors' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. is more favorable than Weingarten Realty Investors.
Summary
Weingarten Realty Investors beats Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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