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NYSE:EGP

EastGroup Properties - EGP Competitors

$158.56
-3.17 (-1.96%)
(As of 03/17/2023 08:54 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$158.43
$161.34
50-Day Range
$149.51
$173.80
52-Week Range
$137.47
$217.46
Volume
348,400 shs
Average Volume
236,806 shs
Market Capitalization
$6.91 billion
P/E Ratio
36.12
Dividend Yield
3.15%
Price Target
$169.80

EGP vs. FR, STAG, OHI, HR, BRX, COLD, ADC, NNN, FRT, and AGNC

Should you be buying EastGroup Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EastGroup Properties include First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), STAG Industrial (STAG), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), Americold Realty Trust (COLD), Agree Realty (ADC), National Retail Properties (NNN), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), and AGNC Investment (AGNC). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.

EastGroup Properties vs.

EastGroup Properties (NYSE:EGP) and First Industrial Realty Trust (NYSE:FR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.

In the previous week, EastGroup Properties had 3 more articles in the media than First Industrial Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for EastGroup Properties and 3 mentions for First Industrial Realty Trust. First Industrial Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat EastGroup Properties' score of 0.54 indicating that First Industrial Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
EastGroup Properties
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
First Industrial Realty Trust
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

89.5% of EastGroup Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of First Industrial Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of EastGroup Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of First Industrial Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

EastGroup Properties has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Industrial Realty Trust has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

First Industrial Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than EastGroup Properties. First Industrial Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EastGroup Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
EastGroup Properties$487.03 million14.18$186.18 million$4.3936.12
First Industrial Realty Trust$539.93 million12.44$359.13 million$2.7118.74

EastGroup Properties received 27 more outperform votes than First Industrial Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.62% of users gave EastGroup Properties an outperform vote while only 59.42% of users gave First Industrial Realty Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
EastGroup PropertiesOutperform Votes
437
59.62%
Underperform Votes
296
40.38%
First Industrial Realty TrustOutperform Votes
410
59.42%
Underperform Votes
280
40.58%

EastGroup Properties pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. First Industrial Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. EastGroup Properties pays out 113.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. First Industrial Realty Trust pays out 43.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

EastGroup Properties currently has a consensus price target of $169.80, suggesting a potential upside of 7.09%. First Industrial Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $61.25, suggesting a potential upside of 20.59%. Given First Industrial Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe First Industrial Realty Trust is more favorable than EastGroup Properties.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
EastGroup Properties
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44
First Industrial Realty Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

First Industrial Realty Trust has a net margin of 66.51% compared to EastGroup Properties' net margin of 38.23%. First Industrial Realty Trust's return on equity of 14.87% beat EastGroup Properties' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
EastGroup Properties 38.23% 9.79% 4.90%
First Industrial Realty Trust 66.51% 14.87% 7.62%

Summary

First Industrial Realty Trust beats EastGroup Properties on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding EGP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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.
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EGP vs. The Competition

MetricEastGroup PropertiesReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.91B$5.59B$5.69B$13.82B
Dividend Yield3.09%7.19%368.70%3.85%
P/E Ratio36.1224.75142.6320.52
Price / Sales14.186.216,031.4210.43
Price / Cash20.7410.6431.4125.02
Price / Book3.542.013.386.67
Net Income$186.18M$191.15M$645.31M$874.16M
7 Day Performance-0.71%-1.88%0.36%-0.18%
1 Month Performance-4.51%-10.93%-5.81%-8.70%
1 Year Performance-19.23%-26.51%33.21%-15.56%

EastGroup Properties Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FR
First Industrial Realty Trust
2.9579 of 5 stars
$52.06
-0.4%
$61.25
+17.7%
-15.8%$6.88B$539.93M19.21162Positive News
STAG
STAG Industrial
2.3788 of 5 stars
$32.44
+0.3%
$37.83
+16.6%
-22.4%$5.82B$657.34M32.4486
OHI
Omega Healthcare Investors
1.7073 of 5 stars
$28.40
-0.8%
$30.22
+6.4%
-6.7%$6.65B$878.24M15.8770News Coverage
HR
Healthcare Realty Trust
2.7255 of 5 stars
$19.48
+1.2%
$26.88
+38.0%
-29.8%$7.42B$932.64M177.11338Positive News
High Trading Volume
BRX
Brixmor Property Group
2.2421 of 5 stars
$21.08
-2.1%
$24.42
+15.9%
-20.0%$6.33B$1.22B18.17500
COLD
Americold Realty Trust
2.3703 of 5 stars
$28.75
-1.1%
$32.79
+14.0%
+5.3%$7.76B$2.91B-410.6615,484
ADC
Agree Realty
1.9818 of 5 stars
$68.67
+0.1%
$78.23
+13.9%
+6.7%$6.19B$429.81M37.5257Dividend Announcement
NNN
National Retail Properties
2.6797 of 5 stars
$43.43
-0.8%
$49.67
+14.4%
-3.1%$7.88B$773.05M23.1072News Coverage
FRT
Federal Realty Investment Trust
2.89 of 5 stars
$97.19
-0.8%
$117.00
+20.4%
-21.7%$7.91B$1.07B20.81310Positive News
AGNC
AGNC Investment
1.7181 of 5 stars
$9.89
-3.6%
$10.86
+9.8%
-26.3%$5.68B$-1,116,000,000.00-3.89N/AHigh Trading Volume
This page (NYSE:EGP) was last updated on 3/20/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff