EPR Properties (EPR) Competitors

Acadia Realty Trust (NYSE:AKR) and EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Is AKR or EPR more profitable?

EPR Properties has a net margin of 25.28% compared to Acadia Realty Trust's net margin of 5.31%. EPR Properties' return on equity of 7.66% beat Acadia Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Acadia Realty Trust	5.31%	0.79%	0.45%
EPR Properties	25.28%	7.66%	3.21%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AKR or EPR?

97.7% of Acadia Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.7% of EPR Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Acadia Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of EPR Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is AKR or EPR a better dividend stock?

Acadia Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. EPR Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Acadia Realty Trust pays out 500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. EPR Properties pays out 174.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Acadia Realty Trust has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and EPR Properties has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. EPR Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, AKR or EPR?

Acadia Realty Trust has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EPR Properties has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate AKR or EPR?

Acadia Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $22.33, suggesting a potential upside of 16.44%. EPR Properties has a consensus price target of $59.36, suggesting a potential upside of 8.84%. Given Acadia Realty Trust's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Acadia Realty Trust is more favorable than EPR Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Acadia Realty Trust	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
EPR Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, AKR or EPR?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Acadia Realty Trust	$359.69M	6.99	$21.65M	$0.16	119.88
EPR Properties	$698.07M	5.95	$146.07M	$2.03	26.86

Does the media prefer AKR or EPR?

In the previous week, EPR Properties had 8 more articles in the media than Acadia Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for EPR Properties and 4 mentions for Acadia Realty Trust. Acadia Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat EPR Properties' score of 0.83 indicating that Acadia Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Acadia Realty Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
EPR Properties	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

EPR Properties beats Acadia Realty Trust on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.