First Industrial Realty Trust (FR) Competitors

First Industrial Realty Trust (NYSE:FR) and STAG Industrial (NYSE:STAG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility and risk, FR or STAG?

First Industrial Realty Trust has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, STAG Industrial has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in FR or STAG?

99.9% of First Industrial Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of STAG Industrial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of First Industrial Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of STAG Industrial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate FR or STAG?

First Industrial Realty Trust currently has a consensus target price of $53.11, suggesting a potential upside of 15.46%. STAG Industrial has a consensus target price of $39.13, suggesting a potential upside of 13.47%. Given First Industrial Realty Trust's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe First Industrial Realty Trust is more favorable than STAG Industrial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Industrial Realty Trust	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.18
STAG Industrial	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Is FR or STAG more profitable?

First Industrial Realty Trust has a net margin of 45.83% compared to STAG Industrial's net margin of 27.22%. First Industrial Realty Trust's return on equity of 10.97% beat STAG Industrial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Industrial Realty Trust	45.83%	10.97%	5.57%
STAG Industrial	27.22%	5.58%	3.11%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FR or STAG?

STAG Industrial received 22 more outperform votes than First Industrial Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.92% of users gave STAG Industrial an outperform vote while only 58.68% of users gave First Industrial Realty Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Industrial Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 419 58.68%	Underperform Votes 295 41.32%
STAG Industrial	Outperform Votes 441 65.92%	Underperform Votes 228 34.08%

Is FR or STAG a better dividend stock?

First Industrial Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. STAG Industrial pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. First Industrial Realty Trust pays out 68.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. STAG Industrial pays out 137.0% 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 preferable valuation and earnings, FR or STAG?

First Industrial Realty Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than STAG Industrial. First Industrial Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than STAG Industrial, 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
First Industrial Realty Trust	$614.03M	9.91	$274.82M	$2.17	21.20
STAG Industrial	$707.84M	8.86	$192.85M	$1.08	31.93

Does the media prefer FR or STAG?

In the previous week, First Industrial Realty Trust had 8 more articles in the media than STAG Industrial. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for First Industrial Realty Trust and 8 mentions for STAG Industrial. STAG Industrial's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat First Industrial Realty Trust's score of 0.55 indicating that STAG Industrial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Industrial Realty Trust	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
STAG Industrial	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

First Industrial Realty Trust beats STAG Industrial on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.