CSR vs. PLYM, CIM, PGRE, BFS, ARR, FBRT, BRSP, NXRT, MFA, and SVC
Should you be buying Centerspace stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Centerspace include Plymouth Industrial REIT (PLYM), Chimera Investment (CIM), Paramount Group (PGRE), Saul Centers (BFS), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Franklin BSP Realty Trust (FBRT), BrightSpire Capital (BRSP), NexPoint Residential Trust (NXRT), MFA Financial (MFA), and Service Properties Trust (SVC). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Plymouth Industrial REIT (NYSE:PLYM) and Centerspace (NYSE:CSR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.
Centerspace received 4 more outperform votes than Plymouth Industrial REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 44.00% of users gave Plymouth Industrial REIT an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave Centerspace an outperform vote.
Centerspace has a net margin of 15.81% compared to Centerspace's net margin of 6.75%. Plymouth Industrial REIT's return on equity of 4.76% beat Centerspace's return on equity.
Plymouth Industrial REIT has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centerspace has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
92.7% of Plymouth Industrial REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.0% of Centerspace shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Plymouth Industrial REIT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Centerspace shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Plymouth Industrial REIT had 5 more articles in the media than Centerspace. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Plymouth Industrial REIT and 1 mentions for Centerspace. Centerspace's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Plymouth Industrial REIT's score of 0.50 indicating that Plymouth Industrial REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Centerspace has higher revenue and earnings than Plymouth Industrial REIT. Centerspace is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plymouth Industrial REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Plymouth Industrial REIT currently has a consensus price target of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.02%. Centerspace has a consensus price target of $65.57, indicating a potential upside of 1.08%. Given Centerspace's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Plymouth Industrial REIT is more favorable than Centerspace.
Plymouth Industrial REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Centerspace pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Plymouth Industrial REIT pays out 505.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Centerspace pays out 128.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Plymouth Industrial REIT has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Centerspace has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Centerspace is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Plymouth Industrial REIT and Centerspace tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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