WSR vs. OLP, AAT, NYMT, KREF, GMRE, DHC, INN, CHCT, FPI, and TRTX
Should you be buying Whitestone REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Whitestone REIT include One Liberty Properties (OLP), American Assets Trust (AAT), New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT), KKR Real Estate Finance Trust (KREF), Global Medical REIT (GMRE), Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC), Summit Hotel Properties (INN), Community Healthcare Trust (CHCT), Farmland Partners (FPI), and TPG RE Finance Trust (TRTX). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Whitestone REIT (NYSE:WSR) and One Liberty Properties (NYSE:OLP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
One Liberty Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Whitestone REIT. One Liberty Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Whitestone REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
69.5% of Whitestone REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.2% of One Liberty Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Whitestone REIT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.4% of One Liberty Properties shares are owned by 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.
Whitestone REIT currently has a consensus target price of $13.63, suggesting a potential upside of 9.26%. One Liberty Properties has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.38%. Given Whitestone REIT's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Whitestone REIT is more favorable than One Liberty Properties.
Whitestone REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. One Liberty Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Whitestone REIT pays out 104.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. One Liberty Properties pays out 132.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Whitestone REIT and Whitestone REIT both had 4 articles in the media. One Liberty Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Whitestone REIT's score of 0.00 indicating that One Liberty Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
One Liberty Properties has a net margin of 32.51% compared to Whitestone REIT's net margin of 16.64%. One Liberty Properties' return on equity of 9.56% beat Whitestone REIT's return on equity.
Whitestone REIT has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, One Liberty Properties has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Whitestone REIT received 112 more outperform votes than One Liberty Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.84% of users gave Whitestone REIT an outperform vote while only 59.82% of users gave One Liberty Properties an outperform vote.
Summary
One Liberty Properties beats Whitestone REIT on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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