CUBE vs. COLD, AIRC, KRC, VTR, MLP, AXR, ASPS, LEJU, XIN, and AGNCP
Should you be buying CubeSmart stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CubeSmart include Americold Realty Trust (COLD), Apartment Income REIT (AIRC), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Ventas (VTR), Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP), AMREP (AXR), Altisource Portfolio Solutions (ASPS), Leju (LEJU), Xinyuan Real Estate (XIN), and AGNC Investment (AGNCP).
Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) and CubeSmart (NYSE:CUBE) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
98.1% of Americold Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.6% of CubeSmart shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Americold Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of CubeSmart shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Americold Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. CubeSmart pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Americold Realty Trust pays out -72.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CubeSmart pays out 113.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CubeSmart has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. CubeSmart is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, CubeSmart had 4 more articles in the media than Americold Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for CubeSmart and 14 mentions for Americold Realty Trust. CubeSmart's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Americold Realty Trust's score of 0.54 indicating that Americold Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Americold Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $30.33, suggesting a potential upside of 34.99%. CubeSmart has a consensus price target of $46.33, suggesting a potential upside of 12.11%. Given CubeSmart's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Americold Realty Trust is more favorable than CubeSmart.
CubeSmart received 174 more outperform votes than Americold Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.78% of users gave CubeSmart an outperform vote while only 60.75% of users gave Americold Realty Trust an outperform vote.
CubeSmart has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Americold Realty Trust. Americold Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CubeSmart, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Americold Realty Trust has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CubeSmart has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CubeSmart has a net margin of 38.64% compared to CubeSmart's net margin of -12.58%. Americold Realty Trust's return on equity of 14.48% beat CubeSmart's return on equity.
Summary
CubeSmart beats Americold Realty Trust on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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