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Uniti Group (UNIT) Competitors

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$4.29 +0.06 (+1.42%)
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UNIT vs. IRT, PJT, APAM, FHI, RGTI, HHH, CIXXF, BXMT, HASI, and CDP

Should you be buying Uniti Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Uniti Group include Independence Realty Trust (IRT), PJT Partners (PJT), Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM), Federated Hermes (FHI), Rigetti Computing (RGTI), Howard Hughes (HHH), CI Financial (CIXXF), Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT), HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI), and COPT Defense Properties (CDP). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.

Uniti Group vs. Its Competitors

Independence Realty Trust (NYSE:IRT) and Uniti Group (NASDAQ:UNIT) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.

Uniti Group has higher revenue and earnings than Independence Realty Trust. Uniti Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Independence Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Independence Realty Trust$640.03M6.45$39.29M$0.14126.07
Uniti Group$1.17B0.90$93.41M$0.2616.50

Independence Realty Trust has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Uniti Group has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Uniti Group has a net margin of 5.45% compared to Independence Realty Trust's net margin of 4.70%. Independence Realty Trust's return on equity of 0.85% beat Uniti Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Independence Realty Trust4.70% 0.85% 0.50%
Uniti Group 5.45%-2.60%1.23%

Independence Realty Trust currently has a consensus target price of $22.70, indicating a potential upside of 28.61%. Uniti Group has a consensus target price of $5.95, indicating a potential upside of 38.69%. Given Uniti Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Uniti Group is more favorable than Independence Realty Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Independence Realty Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70
Uniti Group
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, Independence Realty Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Uniti Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Independence Realty Trust and 0 mentions for Uniti Group. Independence Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Uniti Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Independence Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Independence Realty Trust Positive
Uniti Group Neutral

88.3% of Independence Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Uniti Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Independence Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Uniti Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Uniti Group beats Independence Realty Trust on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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UNIT vs. The Competition

MetricUniti GroupREIT IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.05B$8.29B$11.87B$8.93B
Dividend YieldN/A5.72%5.53%4.04%
P/E Ratio16.5041.0020.0220.17
Price / Sales0.905.0625.7594.17
Price / Cash2.4518.2018.7228.59
Price / Book-0.421.662.265.60
Net Income$93.41M$128.99M$990.84M$248.41M
7 Day Performance-2.50%0.53%0.98%6.03%
1 Month Performance-1.38%1.43%3.79%7.70%
1 Year Performance41.58%-0.14%540.71%20.86%

Uniti Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UNIT
Uniti Group
1.7982 of 5 stars
$4.29
+1.4%
$5.95
+38.7%
+52.7%$1.05B$1.17B16.50750Positive News
IRT
Independence Realty Trust
4.3139 of 5 stars
$17.73
+0.9%
$22.70
+28.0%
-5.6%$4.15B$640.74M126.64920Positive News
High Trading Volume
PJT
PJT Partners
1.7063 of 5 stars
$164.78
-1.0%
$154.50
-6.2%
+54.2%$4.03B$1.49B29.061,143News Coverage
Positive News
APAM
Artisan Partners Asset Management
3.4787 of 5 stars
$44.35
-0.4%
$37.90
-14.5%
+16.2%$3.58B$1.11B12.25500Positive News
FHI
Federated Hermes
4.342 of 5 stars
$44.29
+0.1%
$42.33
-4.4%
+39.9%$3.50B$1.63B12.482,072News Coverage
RGTI
Rigetti Computing
0.9716 of 5 stars
$11.86
+7.1%
$14.00
+18.0%
+1,286.1%$3.44B$10.79M-16.94160
HHH
Howard Hughes
2.551 of 5 stars
$67.38
-0.6%
$80.33
+19.2%
+6.4%$3.40B$1.75B12.93608
CIXXF
CI Financial
N/A$23.21
+0.6%
N/A+114.2%$3.35B$2.03B-70.332,420
BXMT
Blackstone Mortgage Trust
3.3763 of 5 stars
$19.29
-2.2%
$20.50
+6.3%
+12.6%$3.31B$1.77B-41.93N/APositive News
HASI
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital
4.9025 of 5 stars
$26.86
-2.9%
$38.00
+41.5%
-8.3%$3.26B$383.60M25.83110Positive News
High Trading Volume
CDP
COPT Defense Properties
2.6654 of 5 stars
$27.59
-0.6%
$33.14
+20.1%
+12.1%$3.11B$753.27M22.07400Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:UNIT) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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