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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
EastGroup Properties Competitors List
