CDP vs. OUT, LXP, HIW, ABR, NHI, BNL, MPW, NSA, SITC, and HASI
Should you be buying COPT Defense Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of COPT Defense Properties include OUTFRONT Media (OUT), LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Arbor Realty Trust (ABR), National Health Investors (NHI), Broadstone Net Lease (BNL), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSA), SITE Centers (SITC), and Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
OUTFRONT Media (NYSE:OUT) and COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.
OUTFRONT Media received 275 more outperform votes than COPT Defense Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.73% of users gave OUTFRONT Media an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave COPT Defense Properties an outperform vote.
OUTFRONT Media pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. COPT Defense Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. OUTFRONT Media pays out -44.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. COPT Defense Properties pays out -109.3% 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.
COPT Defense Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than OUTFRONT Media. COPT Defense Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OUTFRONT Media, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
COPT Defense Properties has a net margin of -16.83% compared to COPT Defense Properties' net margin of -23.64%. OUTFRONT Media's return on equity of -7.44% beat COPT Defense Properties' return on equity.
OUTFRONT Media has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, COPT Defense Properties has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, OUTFRONT Media had 8 more articles in the media than COPT Defense Properties. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for OUTFRONT Media and 11 mentions for COPT Defense Properties. OUTFRONT Media's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat COPT Defense Properties' score of 0.53 indicating that COPT Defense Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
OUTFRONT Media currently has a consensus target price of $14.50, suggesting a potential downside of 7.82%. COPT Defense Properties has a consensus target price of $26.86, suggesting a potential upside of 13.66%. Given OUTFRONT Media's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe COPT Defense Properties is more favorable than OUTFRONT Media.
Summary
COPT Defense Properties beats OUTFRONT Media on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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