STAG vs. FR, EGP, BRX, STWD, RHP, ADC, HR, AGNC, RITM, and NNN
Should you be buying STAG Industrial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of STAG Industrial include First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), EastGroup Properties (EGP), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), Starwood Property Trust (STWD), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Agree Realty (ADC), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Rithm Capital (RITM), and NNN REIT (NNN). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
STAG Industrial (NYSE:STAG) and First Industrial Realty Trust (NYSE:FR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
STAG Industrial received 21 more outperform votes than First Industrial Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.82% of users gave STAG Industrial an outperform vote while only 58.66% of users gave First Industrial Realty Trust an outperform vote.
STAG Industrial pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. First Industrial Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. STAG Industrial pays out 148.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. First Industrial Realty Trust pays out 68.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
First Industrial Realty Trust has a net margin of 45.83% compared to STAG Industrial's net margin of 24.92%. First Industrial Realty Trust's return on equity of 10.97% beat STAG Industrial's return on equity.
STAG Industrial currently has a consensus price target of $39.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.98%. First Industrial Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $53.09, suggesting a potential upside of 14.40%. Given First Industrial Realty Trust's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe First Industrial Realty Trust is more favorable than STAG Industrial.
In the previous week, STAG Industrial had 4 more articles in the media than First Industrial Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for STAG Industrial and 3 mentions for First Industrial Realty Trust. First Industrial Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.86 beat STAG Industrial's score of 0.80 indicating that First Industrial Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
88.7% of STAG Industrial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of First Industrial Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of STAG Industrial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of First Industrial Realty Trust shares are held by company 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.
STAG Industrial has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Industrial Realty Trust has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
First Industrial Realty Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than STAG Industrial. First Industrial Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than STAG Industrial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
First Industrial Realty Trust beats STAG Industrial on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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