RTL vs. CTO, BDN, PDM, PKST, CWK, OPEN, MAC, OFC, NSA, and GOODN
Should you be buying Necessity Retail REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Necessity Retail REIT include CTO Realty Growth (CTO), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM), Peakstone Realty Trust (PKST), Cushman & Wakefield (CWK), Opendoor Technologies (OPEN), Macerich (MAC), Corporate Office Properties Trust (OFC), National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSA), and Gladstone Commercial (GOODN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Necessity Retail REIT vs.
Necessity Retail REIT (NASDAQ:RTL) and CTO Realty Growth (NYSE:CTO) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and media sentiment.
CTO Realty Growth has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Necessity Retail REIT. CTO Realty Growth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Necessity Retail REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Necessity Retail REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.2%. CTO Realty Growth pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. Necessity Retail REIT pays out -69.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CTO Realty Growth pays out -490.3% 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.
In the previous week, Necessity Retail REIT had 1 more articles in the media than CTO Realty Growth. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Necessity Retail REIT and 1 mentions for CTO Realty Growth. CTO Realty Growth's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat Necessity Retail REIT's score of 1.67 indicating that CTO Realty Growth is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Necessity Retail REIT received 78 more outperform votes than CTO Realty Growth when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.84% of users gave Necessity Retail REIT an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave CTO Realty Growth an outperform vote.
CTO Realty Growth has a net margin of -2.55% compared to Necessity Retail REIT's net margin of -30.43%. CTO Realty Growth's return on equity of -0.52% beat Necessity Retail REIT's return on equity.
59.2% of Necessity Retail REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of CTO Realty Growth shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Necessity Retail REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of CTO Realty Growth shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Necessity Retail REIT currently has a consensus price target of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.12%. CTO Realty Growth has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.76%. Given CTO Realty Growth's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CTO Realty Growth is more favorable than Necessity Retail REIT.
Necessity Retail REIT has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CTO Realty Growth has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
CTO Realty Growth beats Necessity Retail REIT on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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