UNIT vs. PGRE, ESRT, PEB, FCPT, SKT, BXMT, SITC, BNL, NHI, and CDP
Should you be buying Uniti Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Uniti Group include Paramount Group (PGRE), Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), Four Corners Property Trust (FCPT), Tanger (SKT), Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT), SITE Centers (SITC), Broadstone Net Lease (BNL), National Health Investors (NHI), and COPT Defense Properties (CDP). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Uniti Group (NASDAQ:UNIT) and Paramount Group (NYSE:PGRE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends.
Uniti Group currently has a consensus price target of $6.25, indicating a potential upside of 91.42%. Paramount Group has a consensus price target of $4.60, indicating a potential upside of 0.22%. Given Uniti Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Uniti Group is more favorable than Paramount Group.
Uniti Group received 223 more outperform votes than Paramount Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.92% of users gave Uniti Group an outperform vote while only 48.02% of users gave Paramount Group an outperform vote.
Uniti Group has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paramount Group has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Uniti Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.4%. Paramount Group pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Uniti Group pays out 1,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Paramount Group pays out -12.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Uniti Group has a net margin of 1.43% compared to Paramount Group's net margin of -33.85%. Uniti Group's return on equity of -0.68% beat Paramount Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Uniti Group had 1 more articles in the media than Paramount Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Uniti Group and 4 mentions for Paramount Group. Paramount Group's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Uniti Group's score of 1.03 indicating that Paramount Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
87.5% of Uniti Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.6% of Paramount Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Uniti Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.5% of Paramount Group 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.
Uniti Group has higher revenue and earnings than Paramount Group. Paramount Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Uniti Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Uniti Group beats Paramount Group on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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