DEA vs. RITM, VNO, EPRT, KRG, RYN, IRT, SLG, PECO, KRC, and CUZ
Should you be buying Easterly Government Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Easterly Government Properties include Rithm Capital (RITM), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Rayonier (RYN), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), SL Green Realty (SLG), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), Kilroy Realty (KRC), and Cousins Properties (CUZ). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Rithm Capital (NYSE:RITM) and Easterly Government Properties (NYSE:DEA) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, profitability and dividends.
Rithm Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Easterly Government Properties. Rithm Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Easterly Government Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rithm Capital currently has a consensus price target of $12.45, suggesting a potential upside of 8.68%. Easterly Government Properties has a consensus price target of $13.50, suggesting a potential downside of 3.36%. Given Easterly Government Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Rithm Capital is more favorable than Easterly Government Properties.
Rithm Capital received 272 more outperform votes than Easterly Government Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.70% of users gave Rithm Capital an outperform vote while only 59.05% of users gave Easterly Government Properties an outperform vote.
Rithm Capital has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Easterly Government Properties has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Rithm Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Easterly Government Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Rithm Capital pays out 66.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Easterly Government Properties pays out 530.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Rithm Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Rithm Capital had 8 more articles in the media than Easterly Government Properties. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Rithm Capital and 3 mentions for Easterly Government Properties. Rithm Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Easterly Government Properties' score of 0.80 indicating that Easterly Government Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Rithm Capital has a net margin of 19.77% compared to Rithm Capital's net margin of 6.77%. Easterly Government Properties' return on equity of 19.33% beat Rithm Capital's return on equity.
44.9% of Rithm Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of Easterly Government Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Rithm Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of Easterly Government Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Rithm Capital beats Easterly Government Properties on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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