EGP vs. STAG, FR, OHI, FRT, NLY, BRX, CUBE, AGNC, RHP, and COLD
Should you be buying EastGroup Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EastGroup Properties include STAG Industrial (STAG), First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), CubeSmart (CUBE), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), and Americold Realty Trust (COLD). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
STAG Industrial (NYSE:STAG) and EastGroup Properties (NYSE:EGP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
STAG Industrial pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. EastGroup Properties pays an annual dividend of $5.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. STAG Industrial pays out 148.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. EastGroup Properties pays out 110.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. STAG Industrial has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and EastGroup Properties has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. STAG Industrial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
EastGroup Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than STAG Industrial. EastGroup Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than STAG Industrial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, EastGroup Properties had 6 more articles in the media than STAG Industrial. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for EastGroup Properties and 16 mentions for STAG Industrial. EastGroup Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat STAG Industrial's score of -0.43 indicating that STAG Industrial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
EastGroup Properties received 5 more outperform votes than STAG Industrial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.92% of users gave STAG Industrial an outperform vote while only 58.22% of users gave EastGroup Properties an outperform vote.
EastGroup Properties has a net margin of 36.36% compared to EastGroup Properties' net margin of 24.92%. STAG Industrial's return on equity of 8.70% beat EastGroup Properties' return on equity.
STAG Industrial has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EastGroup Properties has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
STAG Industrial currently has a consensus price target of $39.13, suggesting a potential upside of 11.09%. EastGroup Properties has a consensus price target of $185.13, suggesting a potential upside of 15.80%. Given STAG Industrial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe EastGroup Properties is more favorable than STAG Industrial.
88.7% of STAG Industrial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.1% of EastGroup Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of STAG Industrial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of EastGroup Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
EastGroup Properties beats STAG Industrial on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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