STAG vs. FR, EGP, COLD, RHP, AGNC, STWD, BRX, ADC, AIRC, and HR
Should you be buying STAG Industrial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of STAG Industrial include First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), EastGroup Properties (EGP), Americold Realty Trust (COLD), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Starwood Property Trust (STWD), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), Agree Realty (ADC), Apartment Income REIT (AIRC), and Healthcare Realty Trust (HR). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
STAG Industrial (NYSE:STAG) and First Industrial Realty Trust (NYSE:FR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and community ranking.
STAG Industrial presently has a consensus price target of $39.13, suggesting a potential upside of 11.09%. First Industrial Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $53.40, suggesting a potential upside of 13.02%. Given First Industrial Realty Trust's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Industrial Realty Trust is more favorable than STAG Industrial.
STAG Industrial pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. First Industrial Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. 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. First Industrial Realty Trust pays out 68.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, STAG Industrial had 6 more articles in the media than First Industrial Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for STAG Industrial and 10 mentions for First Industrial Realty Trust. STAG Industrial's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat First Industrial Realty Trust's score of 0.71 indicating that STAG Industrial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
First Industrial Realty Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
First Industrial Realty Trust has a net margin of 45.83% compared to STAG Industrial's net margin of 24.92%. First Industrial Realty Trust's return on equity of 10.97% beat STAG Industrial's return on equity.
STAG Industrial has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Industrial Realty Trust has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
STAG Industrial received 21 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 58.74% of users gave First Industrial Realty Trust an outperform vote.
88.7% of STAG Industrial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of First Industrial Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of STAG Industrial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of First Industrial Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
First Industrial Realty Trust beats STAG Industrial on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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