GRP.U vs. EPR, SBRA, BXMT, HHH, SLG, HASI, SITC, NSA, CUZ, and HIW
Should you be buying Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple include EPR Properties (EPR), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT), Howard Hughes (HHH), SL Green Realty (SLG), Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI), SITE Centers (SITC), National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSA), Cousins Properties (CUZ), and Highwoods Properties (HIW). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) and Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (NYSE:GRP.U) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations and earnings.
In the previous week, EPR Properties had 13 more articles in the media than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for EPR Properties and 2 mentions for Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple. EPR Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's score of 0.46 indicating that Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
EPR Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple. EPR Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
74.7% of EPR Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of EPR Properties shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
EPR Properties received 371 more outperform votes than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.72% of users gave EPR Properties an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple an outperform vote.
EPR Properties presently has a consensus price target of $48.05, indicating a potential upside of 14.40%. Given Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe EPR Properties is more favorable than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple.
EPR Properties has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple has a net margin of 26.28% compared to Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's net margin of 25.39%. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's return on equity of 7.23% beat EPR Properties' return on equity.
EPR Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. EPR Properties pays out 168.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple pays out 153.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. EPR Properties has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. EPR Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
EPR Properties beats Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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