PCH vs. LXP, APLE, OFC, WRI, PSB, CUBE, OHI, HR, RHP, and RYN
Should you be buying PotlatchDeltic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PotlatchDeltic include LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE), Corporate Office Properties Trust (OFC), Weingarten Realty Investors (WRI), PS Business Parks (PSB), CubeSmart (CUBE), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), and Rayonier (RYN).
LXP Industrial Trust (NYSE:LXP) and PotlatchDeltic (NASDAQ:PCH) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.
LXP Industrial Trust has a net margin of 5.52% compared to LXP Industrial Trust's net margin of 4.58%. PotlatchDeltic's return on equity of 0.86% beat LXP Industrial Trust's return on equity.
PotlatchDeltic received 9 more outperform votes than LXP Industrial Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.03% of users gave PotlatchDeltic an outperform vote while only 51.23% of users gave LXP Industrial Trust an outperform vote.
In the previous week, LXP Industrial Trust and LXP Industrial Trust both had 4 articles in the media. LXP Industrial Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat PotlatchDeltic's score of 1.06 indicating that PotlatchDeltic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
93.5% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.1% of PotlatchDeltic shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of PotlatchDeltic shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
LXP Industrial Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. PotlatchDeltic pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. LXP Industrial Trust pays out 1,300.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. PotlatchDeltic pays out 315.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
PotlatchDeltic has higher revenue and earnings than LXP Industrial Trust. PotlatchDeltic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LXP Industrial Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
LXP Industrial Trust presently has a consensus target price of $11.33, indicating a potential upside of 9.29%. PotlatchDeltic has a consensus target price of $44.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.16%. Given PotlatchDeltic's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe LXP Industrial Trust is more favorable than PotlatchDeltic.
LXP Industrial Trust has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PotlatchDeltic has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
LXP Industrial Trust beats PotlatchDeltic on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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