Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO) Competitors

Weingarten Realty Investors (NYSE:WRI) and Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:PECO) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and institutional ownership.

Which has more volatility and risk, WRI or PECO?

Weingarten Realty Investors has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is WRI or PECO a better dividend stock?

Weingarten Realty Investors pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Weingarten Realty Investors pays out 55.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. pays out 254.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in WRI or PECO?

85.2% of Weingarten Realty Investors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are held by institutional investors. 6.6% of Weingarten Realty Investors shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to WRI or PECO?

In the previous week, Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. had 4 more articles in the media than Weingarten Realty Investors. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. and 0 mentions for Weingarten Realty Investors. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Weingarten Realty Investors' score of 0.00 indicating that Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Weingarten Realty Investors	Neutral
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WRI or PECO?

Weingarten Realty Investors received 252 more outperform votes than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 44.85% of users gave Weingarten Realty Investors an outperform vote while only 33.96% of users gave Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Weingarten Realty Investors	Outperform Votes 270 44.85%	Underperform Votes 332 55.15%
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.	Outperform Votes 18 33.96%	Underperform Votes 35 66.04%

Is WRI or PECO more profitable?

Weingarten Realty Investors has a net margin of 18.97% compared to Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s net margin of 9.32%. Weingarten Realty Investors' return on equity of 4.93% beat Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Weingarten Realty Investors	18.97%	4.93%	2.27%
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.	9.32%	2.23%	1.21%

Do analysts recommend WRI or PECO?

Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a consensus price target of $37.50, indicating a potential downside of 2.70%. Given Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. is more favorable than Weingarten Realty Investors.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Weingarten Realty Investors	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, WRI or PECO?

Weingarten Realty Investors has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.. Weingarten Realty Investors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc., 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
Weingarten Realty Investors	$433.92M	9.25	$112.15M	$1.65	19.05
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.	$610.12M	7.74	$56.85M	$0.46	83.78

Summary

Weingarten Realty Investors beats Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.