UE vs. FOR, CWK, GTY, KW, CMTG, EFC, AHH, IIPR, HPP, and FRPH
Should you be buying Urban Edge Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Urban Edge Properties include Forestar Group (FOR), Cushman & Wakefield (CWK), Getty Realty (GTY), Kennedy-Wilson (KW), Claros Mortgage Trust (CMTG), Ellington Financial (EFC), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Innovative Industrial Properties (IIPR), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), and FRP (FRPH). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Forestar Group (NYSE:FOR) and Urban Edge Properties (NYSE:UE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Forestar Group had 1 more articles in the media than Urban Edge Properties. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Forestar Group and 0 mentions for Urban Edge Properties. Urban Edge Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Forestar Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Forestar Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
35.5% of Forestar Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Urban Edge Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Forestar Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Urban Edge Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Forestar Group currently has a consensus target price of $37.17, indicating a potential upside of 10.52%. Urban Edge Properties has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.57%. Given Urban Edge Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Forestar Group is more favorable than Urban Edge Properties.
Urban Edge Properties has a net margin of 63.27% compared to Urban Edge Properties' net margin of 12.99%. Forestar Group's return on equity of 24.36% beat Urban Edge Properties' return on equity.
Forestar Group received 7 more outperform votes than Urban Edge Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.10% of users gave Forestar Group an outperform vote while only 45.76% of users gave Urban Edge Properties an outperform vote.
Forestar Group has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Urban Edge Properties has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Urban Edge Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Forestar Group. Urban Edge Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Forestar Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Forestar Group beats Urban Edge Properties on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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