KREF vs. LXP, OUT, FCPT, DEI, EQC, AHR, AKR, GNL, CXW, and DRH
Should you be buying KKR Real Estate Finance Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust include LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), OUTFRONT Media (OUT), Four Corners Property Trust (FCPT), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), American Healthcare REIT (AHR), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Global Net Lease (GNL), CoreCivic (CXW), and DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust (NYSE:KREF) and LXP Industrial Trust (NYSE:LXP) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust presently has a consensus price target of $11.82, suggesting a potential upside of 27.66%. LXP Industrial Trust has a consensus price target of $11.33, suggesting a potential upside of 30.57%. Given LXP Industrial Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe LXP Industrial Trust is more favorable than KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.
LXP Industrial Trust received 22 more outperform votes than KKR Real Estate Finance Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.14% of users gave KKR Real Estate Finance Trust an outperform vote while only 51.23% of users gave LXP Industrial Trust an outperform vote.
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. LXP Industrial Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust pays out -217.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LXP Industrial Trust has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
LXP Industrial Trust has a net margin of 5.52% compared to KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's net margin of -1.39%. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's return on equity of 10.38% beat LXP Industrial Trust's return on equity.
70.2% of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of KKR Real Estate Finance 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, LXP Industrial Trust had 9 more articles in the media than KKR Real Estate Finance Trust. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for LXP Industrial Trust and 0 mentions for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust. LXP Industrial Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that LXP Industrial Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
LXP Industrial Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than KKR Real Estate Finance Trust. KKR Real Estate Finance 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
LXP Industrial Trust beats KKR Real Estate Finance Trust on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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