Prs Reit (PRSR) Competitors

Empiric Student Property (LON:ESP) and Prs Reit (LON:PRSR) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.

Does the media refer more to ESP or PRSR?

In the previous week, Empiric Student Property and Empiric Student Property both had 1 articles in the media. Prs Reit's average media sentiment score of 0.59 equaled Empiric Student Property'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Empiric Student Property	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Prs Reit	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ESP or PRSR?

Empiric Student Property received 83 more outperform votes than Prs Reit when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.80% of users gave Empiric Student Property an outperform vote while only 49.70% of users gave Prs Reit an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Empiric Student Property	Outperform Votes 167 66.80%	Underperform Votes 83 33.20%
Prs Reit	Outperform Votes 84 49.70%	Underperform Votes 85 50.30%

Is ESP or PRSR a better dividend stock?

Empiric Student Property pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Prs Reit pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Empiric Student Property pays out 4,444.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Prs Reit pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has better earnings & valuation, ESP or PRSR?

Empiric Student Property has higher revenue and earnings than Prs Reit. Prs Reit is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Empiric Student Property, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Empiric Student Property	£80.50M	7.05	£53.40M	£0.09	1,045.02
Prs Reit	£49.70M	9.12	£42.45M	£0.08	1,031.70

Do analysts rate ESP or PRSR?

Prs Reit has a consensus target price of GBX 114, indicating a potential upside of 37.76%. Given Empiric Student Property's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Prs Reit is more favorable than Empiric Student Property.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Empiric Student Property	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Prs Reit	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ESP or PRSR?

74.4% of Empiric Student Property shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.1% of Prs Reit shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Empiric Student Property shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Prs Reit shares are owned 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, ESP or PRSR?

Empiric Student Property has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Prs Reit has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ESP or PRSR more profitable?

Prs Reit has a net margin of 85.41% compared to Prs Reit's net margin of 66.33%. Prs Reit's return on equity of 7.44% beat Empiric Student Property's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Empiric Student Property	66.33%	7.44%	2.25%
Prs Reit	85.41%	6.54%	2.02%

Summary

Empiric Student Property beats Prs Reit on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.