Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT) Competitors

Agree Realty (NYSE:ADC) and Essential Properties Realty Trust (NYSE:EPRT) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Is ADC or EPRT a better dividend stock?

Agree Realty pays an annual dividend of $3.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Essential Properties Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Agree Realty pays out 182.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Essential Properties Realty Trust pays out 101.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Agree Realty has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Essential Properties Realty Trust has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ADC or EPRT?

Essential Properties Realty Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Agree Realty. Essential Properties Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Agree Realty, 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
Agree Realty	$659.75M	12.26	$189.20M	$1.68	43.52
Essential Properties Realty Trust	$449.61M	13.15	$203M	$1.18	25.30

Is ADC or EPRT more profitable?

Essential Properties Realty Trust has a net margin of 44.48% compared to Agree Realty's net margin of 28.16%. Essential Properties Realty Trust's return on equity of 6.20% beat Agree Realty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Agree Realty	28.16%	3.47%	2.15%
Essential Properties Realty Trust	44.48%	6.20%	3.78%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ADC or EPRT?

97.8% of Agree Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of Essential Properties Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Agree Realty shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Essential Properties Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer ADC or EPRT?

Agree Realty currently has a consensus price target of $80.42, suggesting a potential upside of 10.01%. Essential Properties Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $35.25, suggesting a potential upside of 18.09%. Given Essential Properties Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Essential Properties Realty Trust is more favorable than Agree Realty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Agree Realty	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Essential Properties Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Does the media favor ADC or EPRT?

In the previous week, Agree Realty had 9 more articles in the media than Essential Properties Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Agree Realty and 20 mentions for Essential Properties Realty Trust. Agree Realty's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Essential Properties Realty Trust's score of 1.23 indicating that Agree Realty is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Agree Realty	23 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Essential Properties Realty Trust	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, ADC or EPRT?

Agree Realty has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Essential Properties Realty Trust has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Essential Properties Realty Trust beats Agree Realty on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.