OUT vs. CDP, BNL, NHI, MPW, HIW, NSA, LXP, SITC, ABR, and HASI
Should you be buying OUTFRONT Media stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OUTFRONT Media include COPT Defense Properties (CDP), Broadstone Net Lease (BNL), National Health Investors (NHI), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), Highwoods Properties (HIW), National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSA), LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), SITE Centers (SITC), Arbor Realty Trust (ABR), and Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
OUTFRONT Media (NYSE:OUT) and COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability and dividends.
OUTFRONT Media has a beta of 1.87, suggesting that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, COPT Defense Properties has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
COPT Defense Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than OUTFRONT Media. COPT Defense Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OUTFRONT Media, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
COPT Defense Properties has a net margin of -16.83% compared to OUTFRONT Media's net margin of -23.64%. COPT Defense Properties' return on equity of -7.53% beat OUTFRONT Media's return on equity.
OUTFRONT Media received 274 more outperform votes than COPT Defense Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.00% of users gave COPT Defense Properties an outperform vote while only 57.73% of users gave OUTFRONT Media an outperform vote.
In the previous week, COPT Defense Properties had 7 more articles in the media than OUTFRONT Media. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for COPT Defense Properties and 12 mentions for OUTFRONT Media. COPT Defense Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat OUTFRONT Media's score of 0.43 indicating that COPT Defense Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
OUTFRONT Media currently has a consensus price target of $14.50, indicating a potential downside of 7.53%. COPT Defense Properties has a consensus price target of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.25%. Given COPT Defense Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe COPT Defense Properties is more favorable than OUTFRONT Media.
OUTFRONT Media pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. COPT Defense Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. OUTFRONT Media pays out -44.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. COPT Defense Properties pays out -109.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Summary
COPT Defense Properties beats OUTFRONT Media on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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