CWK vs. UE, FOR, IIPR, GTY, CMTG, KW, EFC, AHH, HPP, and CIGI
Should you be buying Cushman & Wakefield stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cushman & Wakefield include Urban Edge Properties (UE), Forestar Group (FOR), Innovative Industrial Properties (IIPR), Getty Realty (GTY), Claros Mortgage Trust (CMTG), Kennedy-Wilson (KW), Ellington Financial (EFC), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), and Colliers International Group (CIGI). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE:CWK) and Urban Edge Properties (NYSE:UE) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.
95.6% of Cushman & Wakefield shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Urban Edge Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Cushman & Wakefield shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Urban Edge Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Urban Edge Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cushman & Wakefield. Cushman & Wakefield is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Urban Edge Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Cushman & Wakefield had 4 more articles in the media than Urban Edge Properties. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Cushman & Wakefield and 0 mentions for Urban Edge Properties. Urban Edge Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat Cushman & Wakefield's score of 0.34 indicating that Urban Edge Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Urban Edge Properties received 9 more outperform votes than Cushman & Wakefield when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.59% of users gave Cushman & Wakefield an outperform vote while only 45.86% of users gave Urban Edge Properties an outperform vote.
Urban Edge Properties has a net margin of 59.60% compared to Cushman & Wakefield's net margin of -0.37%. Urban Edge Properties' return on equity of 23.62% beat Cushman & Wakefield's return on equity.
Cushman & Wakefield currently has a consensus target price of $11.08, suggesting a potential upside of 16.91%. Urban Edge Properties has a consensus target price of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.89%. Given Cushman & Wakefield's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Cushman & Wakefield is more favorable than Urban Edge Properties.
Cushman & Wakefield has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Urban Edge Properties has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Urban Edge Properties beats Cushman & Wakefield on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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