VICI vs. EXR, AVB, EQR, IRM, SBAC, ARE, CCI, VTR, ESS, and DLR
Should you be buying VICI Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VICI Properties include Extra Space Storage (EXR), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Equity Residential (EQR), Iron Mountain (IRM), SBA Communications (SBAC), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Crown Castle (CCI), Ventas (VTR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), and Digital Realty Trust (DLR). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Extra Space Storage (NYSE:EXR) and VICI Properties (NYSE:VICI) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Extra Space Storage pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. VICI Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Extra Space Storage pays out 144.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. VICI Properties pays out 65.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. VICI Properties has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. VICI Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
99.1% of Extra Space Storage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.7% of VICI Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Extra Space Storage shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of VICI Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Extra Space Storage has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VICI Properties has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Extra Space Storage received 211 more outperform votes than VICI Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.84% of users gave VICI Properties an outperform vote while only 59.93% of users gave Extra Space Storage an outperform vote.
In the previous week, VICI Properties had 19 more articles in the media than Extra Space Storage. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for VICI Properties and 13 mentions for Extra Space Storage. VICI Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Extra Space Storage's score of 0.73 indicating that Extra Space Storage is being referred to more favorably in the media.
VICI Properties has a net margin of 70.13% compared to VICI Properties' net margin of 29.10%. Extra Space Storage's return on equity of 10.33% beat VICI Properties' return on equity.
VICI Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Extra Space Storage. VICI Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Extra Space Storage, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Extra Space Storage presently has a consensus target price of $149.67, indicating a potential upside of 6.27%. VICI Properties has a consensus target price of $34.10, indicating a potential upside of 16.34%. Given Extra Space Storage's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe VICI Properties is more favorable than Extra Space Storage.
Summary
VICI Properties beats Extra Space Storage on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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