PECO vs. KRC, IRT, CUZ, APLE, VNO, CTRE, KRG, SBRA, EPRT, and SLG
Should you be buying Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. include Kilroy Realty (KRC), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), and SL Green Realty (SLG). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Kilroy Realty (NYSE:KRC) and Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:PECO) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Kilroy Realty currently has a consensus price target of $39.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.27%. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a consensus price target of $38.14, indicating a potential upside of 16.04%. Given Kilroy Realty's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. is more favorable than Kilroy Realty.
Kilroy Realty has a net margin of 18.43% compared to Kilroy Realty's net margin of 9.33%. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s return on equity of 3.63% beat Kilroy Realty's return on equity.
In the previous week, Kilroy Realty had 2 more articles in the media than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Kilroy Realty and 6 mentions for Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.. Kilroy Realty's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s score of 0.63 indicating that Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kilroy Realty received 436 more outperform votes than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.25% of users gave Kilroy Realty an outperform vote while only 31.91% of users gave Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. an outperform vote.
94.2% of Kilroy Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Kilroy Realty shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kilroy Realty has higher revenue and earnings than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.. Kilroy Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kilroy Realty pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Kilroy Realty pays out 124.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. pays out 254.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Kilroy Realty is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Kilroy Realty has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kilroy Realty beats Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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