UNIT vs. SAFE, VRE, LADR, ELME, JBGS, AAT, LTC, TWO, NTST, and PMT
Should you be buying Uniti Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Uniti Group include Safehold (SAFE), Veris Residential (VRE), Ladder Capital (LADR), Elme Communities (ELME), JBG SMITH Properties (JBGS), American Assets Trust (AAT), LTC Properties (LTC), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), NETSTREIT (NTST), and PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Safehold (NYSE:SAFE) and Uniti Group (NASDAQ:UNIT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
70.4% of Safehold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Uniti Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Safehold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Uniti Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Safehold had 7 more articles in the media than Uniti Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Safehold and 0 mentions for Uniti Group. Uniti Group's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat Safehold's score of 0.00 indicating that Safehold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Uniti Group received 228 more outperform votes than Safehold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.87% of users gave Uniti Group an outperform vote while only 55.06% of users gave Safehold an outperform vote.
Uniti Group has a net margin of -3.83% compared to Uniti Group's net margin of -15.59%. Uniti Group's return on equity of 4.31% beat Safehold's return on equity.
Safehold has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Uniti Group has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Safehold has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Uniti Group. Uniti Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Safehold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Safehold currently has a consensus target price of $28.40, suggesting a potential upside of 48.54%. Uniti Group has a consensus target price of $5.75, suggesting a potential upside of 8.29%. Given Uniti Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Safehold is more favorable than Uniti Group.
Safehold pays an annual dividend of $0.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Uniti Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%. Safehold pays out -87.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Uniti Group pays out -333.3% 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. Uniti Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Safehold beats Uniti Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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