KW vs. GTY, CMTG, FOR, EFC, AHH, UE, HPP, FRPH, TRC, and FPH
Should you be buying Kennedy-Wilson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kennedy-Wilson include Getty Realty (GTY), Claros Mortgage Trust (CMTG), Forestar Group (FOR), Ellington Financial (EFC), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Urban Edge Properties (UE), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), FRP (FRPH), Tejon Ranch (TRC), and Five Point (FPH). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Kennedy-Wilson (NYSE:KW) and Getty Realty (NYSE:GTY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
Kennedy-Wilson pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. Getty Realty pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Kennedy-Wilson pays out -48.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Getty Realty pays out 153.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kennedy-Wilson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Getty Realty has a net margin of 32.74% compared to Kennedy-Wilson's net margin of -41.31%. Getty Realty's return on equity of 6.80% beat Kennedy-Wilson's return on equity.
87.7% of Kennedy-Wilson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of Getty Realty shares are held by institutional investors. 22.7% of Kennedy-Wilson shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.2% of Getty Realty shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kennedy-Wilson has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Getty Realty has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Getty Realty has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kennedy-Wilson. Kennedy-Wilson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Getty Realty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Kennedy-Wilson had 1 more articles in the media than Getty Realty. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Kennedy-Wilson and 2 mentions for Getty Realty. Getty Realty's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Kennedy-Wilson's score of 0.16 indicating that Getty Realty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kennedy-Wilson received 68 more outperform votes than Getty Realty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.51% of users gave Kennedy-Wilson an outperform vote while only 58.01% of users gave Getty Realty an outperform vote.
Kennedy-Wilson presently has a consensus price target of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.11%. Getty Realty has a consensus price target of $31.50, suggesting a potential upside of 16.88%. Given Getty Realty's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Getty Realty is more favorable than Kennedy-Wilson.
Summary
Getty Realty beats Kennedy-Wilson on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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