ELS vs. UDR, CPT, MAA, ESS, SUI, EQR, AVB, WPC, GLPI, and LAMR
Should you be buying Equity LifeStyle Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equity LifeStyle Properties include UDR (UDR), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Sun Communities (SUI), Equity Residential (EQR), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), W. P. Carey (WPC), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), and Lamar Advertising (LAMR). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
UDR (NYSE:UDR) and Equity LifeStyle Properties (NYSE:ELS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
91.7% of UDR shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.6% of Equity LifeStyle Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of UDR shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Equity LifeStyle Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
UDR has higher revenue and earnings than Equity LifeStyle Properties. UDR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equity LifeStyle Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
UDR presently has a consensus price target of $41.53, suggesting a potential upside of 12.82%. Equity LifeStyle Properties has a consensus price target of $70.15, suggesting a potential upside of 7.81%. Given Equity LifeStyle Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe UDR is more favorable than Equity LifeStyle Properties.
UDR has a net margin of 27.30% compared to UDR's net margin of 21.09%. UDR's return on equity of 20.90% beat Equity LifeStyle Properties' return on equity.
In the previous week, UDR had 11 more articles in the media than Equity LifeStyle Properties. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for UDR and 5 mentions for Equity LifeStyle Properties. UDR's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Equity LifeStyle Properties' score of 0.55 indicating that Equity LifeStyle Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
UDR received 100 more outperform votes than Equity LifeStyle Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.67% of users gave Equity LifeStyle Properties an outperform vote while only 55.32% of users gave UDR an outperform vote.
UDR pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Equity LifeStyle Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.79 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. UDR pays out 125.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Equity LifeStyle Properties pays out 106.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. UDR has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Equity LifeStyle Properties has raised its dividend for 19 consecutive years.
UDR has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equity LifeStyle Properties has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Equity LifeStyle Properties beats UDR on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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