GTY vs. FOR, KW, CMTG, EFC, AHH, UE, HPP, CWK, FRPH, and SRG
Should you be buying Getty Realty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Getty Realty include Forestar Group (FOR), Kennedy-Wilson (KW), Claros Mortgage Trust (CMTG), Ellington Financial (EFC), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Urban Edge Properties (UE), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Cushman & Wakefield (CWK), FRP (FRPH), and Seritage Growth Properties (SRG). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Forestar Group (NYSE:FOR) and Getty Realty (NYSE:GTY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
Forestar Group has higher revenue and earnings than Getty Realty. Forestar Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Getty Realty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Getty Realty has a net margin of 32.74% compared to Getty Realty's net margin of 12.99%. Getty Realty's return on equity of 14.59% beat Forestar Group's return on equity.
Forestar Group currently has a consensus price target of $32.50, indicating a potential downside of 6.77%. Getty Realty has a consensus price target of $31.50, indicating a potential upside of 11.62%. Given Forestar Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Getty Realty is more favorable than Forestar Group.
Getty Realty received 115 more outperform votes than Forestar Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.99% of users gave Forestar Group an outperform vote while only 58.01% of users gave Getty Realty an outperform vote.
35.5% of Forestar Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of Getty Realty shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Forestar Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.2% of Getty Realty 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.
In the previous week, Getty Realty had 2 more articles in the media than Forestar Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Getty Realty and 1 mentions for Forestar Group. Getty Realty's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Forestar Group's score of 0.77 indicating that Forestar Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Forestar Group has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Getty Realty has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Forestar Group beats Getty Realty on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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