APLE vs. IRT, CUZ, SLG, HHH, SBRA, KRC, PECO, GRP.U, EPR, and BXMT
Should you be buying Apple Hospitality REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Apple Hospitality REIT include Independence Realty Trust (IRT), Cousins Properties (CUZ), SL Green Realty (SLG), Howard Hughes (HHH), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (GRP.U), EPR Properties (EPR), and Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Independence Realty Trust (NYSE:IRT) and Apple Hospitality REIT (NYSE:APLE) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.
Independence Realty Trust has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apple Hospitality REIT has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Independence Realty Trust received 29 more outperform votes than Apple Hospitality REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.85% of users gave Independence Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 57.29% of users gave Apple Hospitality REIT an outperform vote.
Apple Hospitality REIT has a net margin of 13.21% compared to Apple Hospitality REIT's net margin of -1.26%. Independence Realty Trust's return on equity of 5.54% beat Apple Hospitality REIT's return on equity.
Independence Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Apple Hospitality REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Independence Realty Trust pays out -2,132.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Apple Hospitality REIT pays out 123.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Independence Realty Trust has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
88.3% of Independence Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.7% of Apple Hospitality REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Independence Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of Apple Hospitality REIT shares are held 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.
In the previous week, Independence Realty Trust and Independence Realty Trust both had 6 articles in the media. Apple Hospitality REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Independence Realty Trust's score of 0.72 indicating that Independence Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Independence Realty Trust presently has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.87%. Apple Hospitality REIT has a consensus price target of $18.40, suggesting a potential upside of 23.95%. Given Independence Realty Trust's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Apple Hospitality REIT is more favorable than Independence Realty Trust.
Apple Hospitality REIT has higher revenue and earnings than Independence Realty Trust. Independence Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apple Hospitality REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Apple Hospitality REIT beats Independence Realty Trust on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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