AIRC vs. RHP, STWD, MPW, AGNC, STAG, KRG, BRX, ADC, OHI, and GRP.U
Should you be buying Apartment Income REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Apartment Income REIT include Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Starwood Property Trust (STWD), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), AGNC Investment (AGNC), STAG Industrial (STAG), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), Agree Realty (ADC), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), and Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (GRP.U). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Apartment Income REIT vs.
Apartment Income REIT (NYSE:AIRC) and Ryman Hospitality Properties (NYSE:RHP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.
Apartment Income REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Ryman Hospitality Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Apartment Income REIT pays out 30.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ryman Hospitality Properties pays out 43.9% 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. Apartment Income REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Apartment Income REIT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ryman Hospitality Properties. Apartment Income REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryman Hospitality Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Apartment Income REIT had 2 more articles in the media than Ryman Hospitality Properties. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Apartment Income REIT and 6 mentions for Ryman Hospitality Properties. Apartment Income REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Ryman Hospitality Properties' score of 0.68 indicating that Apartment Income REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ryman Hospitality Properties received 318 more outperform votes than Apartment Income REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.64% of users gave Ryman Hospitality Properties an outperform vote while only 33.96% of users gave Apartment Income REIT an outperform vote.
Apartment Income REIT has a net margin of 116.89% compared to Ryman Hospitality Properties' net margin of 7.14%. Ryman Hospitality Properties' return on equity of 441.61% beat Apartment Income REIT's return on equity.
Apartment Income REIT has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryman Hospitality Properties has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Apartment Income REIT currently has a consensus price target of $42.33, suggesting a potential upside of 25.80%. Ryman Hospitality Properties has a consensus price target of $106.80, suggesting a potential upside of 31.11%. Given Ryman Hospitality Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ryman Hospitality Properties is more favorable than Apartment Income REIT.
99.4% of Apartment Income REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Apartment Income REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Apartment Income REIT beats Ryman Hospitality Properties on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AIRC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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.
Apartment Income REIT Competitors List
