ILPT vs. ELME, PGRE, VRE, LADR, SILA, JBGS, NAVI, ESRT, SAFE, and SBR
Should you be buying Industrial Logistics Properties Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Industrial Logistics Properties Trust include Elme Communities (ELME), Paramount Group (PGRE), Veris Residential (VRE), Ladder Capital (LADR), Sila Realty Trust (SILA), JBG SMITH Properties (JBGS), Navient (NAVI), Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT), Safehold (SAFE), and Sabine Royalty Trust (SBR). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Industrial Logistics Properties Trust vs. Its Competitors
Industrial Logistics Properties Trust (NASDAQ:ILPT) and Elme Communities (NYSE:ELME) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
49.1% of Industrial Logistics Properties Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.9% of Elme Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Industrial Logistics Properties Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Elme Communities shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Industrial Logistics Properties Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Elme Communities pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Industrial Logistics Properties Trust pays out -14.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Elme Communities pays out -480.0% 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. Elme Communities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Industrial Logistics Properties Trust has a beta of 2.43, suggesting that its share price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Elme Communities has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Elme Communities has a net margin of -5.78% compared to Industrial Logistics Properties Trust's net margin of -20.73%. Elme Communities' return on equity of -1.33% beat Industrial Logistics Properties Trust's return on equity.
In the previous week, Industrial Logistics Properties Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Elme Communities. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Industrial Logistics Properties Trust and 2 mentions for Elme Communities. Industrial Logistics Properties Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Elme Communities' score of 0.30 indicating that Industrial Logistics Properties Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Industrial Logistics Properties Trust currently has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.75%. Elme Communities has a consensus target price of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.46%. Given Elme Communities' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Elme Communities is more favorable than Industrial Logistics Properties Trust.
Elme Communities has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Industrial Logistics Properties Trust. Elme Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Industrial Logistics Properties Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Elme Communities beats Industrial Logistics Properties Trust on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ILPT) was last updated on 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
