Empiric Student Property (ESP) Competitors

Prs Reit (LON:PRSR) and Empiric Student Property (LON:ESP) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PRSR or ESP?

76.1% of Prs Reit shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.5% of Empiric Student Property shares are held by institutional investors. 6.7% of Prs Reit shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Empiric Student Property shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is PRSR or ESP more profitable?

Prs Reit has a net margin of 85.41% compared to Prs Reit's net margin of 66.33%. Prs Reit's return on equity of 7.44% beat Empiric Student Property's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Prs Reit	85.41%	6.54%	2.02%
Empiric Student Property	66.33%	7.44%	2.25%

Do analysts rate PRSR or ESP?

Prs Reit presently has a consensus price target of GBX 114, suggesting a potential upside of 44.85%. Given Empiric Student Property's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Prs Reit is more favorable than Empiric Student Property.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Prs Reit	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Empiric Student Property	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media favor PRSR or ESP?

In the previous week, Prs Reit had 2 more articles in the media than Empiric Student Property. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Prs Reit and 0 mentions for Empiric Student Property. Empiric Student Property's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Prs Reit's score of 0.59 indicating that Prs Reit is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Prs Reit	Positive
Empiric Student Property	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, PRSR or ESP?

Prs Reit has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Empiric Student Property has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PRSR or ESP?

Empiric Student Property received 83 more outperform votes than Prs Reit when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.80% of users gave Empiric Student Property an outperform vote while only 49.70% of users gave Prs Reit an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Prs Reit	Outperform Votes 84 49.70%	Underperform Votes 85 50.30%
Empiric Student Property	Outperform Votes 167 66.80%	Underperform Votes 83 33.20%

Is PRSR or ESP a better dividend stock?

Prs Reit pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Empiric Student Property pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Prs Reit pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Empiric Student Property pays out 4,444.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PRSR or ESP?

Empiric Student Property has higher revenue and earnings than Prs Reit. Prs Reit is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Empiric Student Property, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Prs Reit	£49.70M	8.74	£42.45M	£0.08	988.75
Empiric Student Property	£80.50M	6.72	£53.40M	£0.09	996.67

Summary

Prs Reit and Empiric Student Property tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.