VRE vs. LADR, SAFE, RC, ELME, ARI, LTC, AAT, JBGS, ESRT, and TWO
Should you be buying Veris Residential stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Veris Residential include Ladder Capital (LADR), Safehold (SAFE), Ready Capital (RC), Elme Communities (ELME), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), LTC Properties (LTC), American Assets Trust (AAT), JBG SMITH Properties (JBGS), Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT), and Two Harbors Investment (TWO). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Veris Residential (NYSE:VRE) and Ladder Capital (NYSE:LADR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Ladder Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Veris Residential. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Ladder Capital and 0 mentions for Veris Residential. Ladder Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Veris Residential's score of 0.00 indicating that Ladder Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ladder Capital received 293 more outperform votes than Veris Residential when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.38% of users gave Ladder Capital an outperform vote while only 14.29% of users gave Veris Residential an outperform vote.
Ladder Capital has a net margin of 18.10% compared to Veris Residential's net margin of -32.51%. Ladder Capital's return on equity of 9.28% beat Veris Residential's return on equity.
Ladder Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Veris Residential. Veris Residential is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ladder Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Veris Residential pays an annual dividend of $0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Ladder Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Veris Residential pays out -21.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ladder Capital pays out 121.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Veris Residential has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ladder Capital has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Veris Residential currently has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.62%. Ladder Capital has a consensus price target of $12.63, suggesting a potential upside of 15.14%. Given Ladder Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ladder Capital is more favorable than Veris Residential.
93.0% of Veris Residential shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.3% of Ladder Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.0% of Veris Residential shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.0% of Ladder Capital shares are owned 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.
Summary
Ladder Capital beats Veris Residential on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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