ABR vs. LXP, OUT, NSA, CDP, HIW, DEI, NHI, FCPT, BNL, and SITC
Should you be buying Arbor Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arbor Realty Trust include LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), OUTFRONT Media (OUT), National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSA), COPT Defense Properties (CDP), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Douglas Emmett (DEI), National Health Investors (NHI), Four Corners Property Trust (FCPT), Broadstone Net Lease (BNL), and SITE Centers (SITC). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Arbor Realty Trust (NYSE:ABR) and LXP Industrial Trust (NYSE:LXP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Arbor Realty Trust has a net margin of 26.05% compared to LXP Industrial Trust's net margin of 5.52%. Arbor Realty Trust's return on equity of 17.04% beat LXP Industrial Trust's return on equity.
Arbor Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $14.71, suggesting a potential upside of 10.26%. LXP Industrial Trust has a consensus price target of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.49%. Given LXP Industrial Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe LXP Industrial Trust is more favorable than Arbor Realty Trust.
Arbor Realty Trust has a beta of 1.96, suggesting that its stock price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LXP Industrial Trust has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
57.3% of Arbor Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Arbor Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of LXP Industrial Trust 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.
Arbor Realty Trust received 16 more outperform votes than LXP Industrial Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.69% of users gave Arbor Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 51.04% of users gave LXP Industrial Trust an outperform vote.
Arbor Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.0%. LXP Industrial Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Arbor Realty Trust pays out 106.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. LXP Industrial Trust pays out 1,300.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Arbor Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Arbor Realty Trust had 4 more articles in the media than LXP Industrial Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Arbor Realty Trust and 1 mentions for LXP Industrial Trust. Arbor Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat LXP Industrial Trust's score of 0.41 indicating that Arbor Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Arbor Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than LXP Industrial Trust. Arbor Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LXP Industrial Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Arbor Realty Trust beats LXP Industrial Trust on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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