Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in EPRT or BNL?

97.0% of Essential Properties Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Broadstone Net Lease shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Essential Properties Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Broadstone Net Lease shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, EPRT or BNL?

Essential Properties Realty Trust has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Broadstone Net Lease has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, EPRT or BNL?

Essential Properties Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Broadstone Net Lease. Broadstone Net Lease is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Essential Properties 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
Essential Properties Realty Trust	$449.61M	13.87	$203M	$1.15	27.46
Broadstone Net Lease	$431.80M	7.02	$162.44M	$0.61	26.28

Is EPRT or BNL more profitable?

Essential Properties Realty Trust has a net margin of 44.62% compared to Broadstone Net Lease's net margin of 26.22%. Essential Properties Realty Trust's return on equity of 6.13% beat Broadstone Net Lease's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Essential Properties Realty Trust	44.62%	6.13%	3.75%
Broadstone Net Lease	26.22%	3.63%	2.17%

Does the media favor EPRT or BNL?

In the previous week, Essential Properties Realty Trust had 6 more articles in the media than Broadstone Net Lease. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Essential Properties Realty Trust and 2 mentions for Broadstone Net Lease. Essential Properties Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Broadstone Net Lease's score of 0.99 indicating that Essential Properties Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Essential Properties Realty Trust	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Broadstone Net Lease	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer EPRT or BNL?

Essential Properties Realty Trust presently has a consensus price target of $35.06, indicating a potential upside of 11.03%. Broadstone Net Lease has a consensus price target of $18.67, indicating a potential upside of 16.45%. Given Broadstone Net Lease's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Broadstone Net Lease is more favorable than Essential Properties Realty Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Essential Properties Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77
Broadstone Net Lease	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Is EPRT or BNL a better dividend stock?

Essential Properties Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Broadstone Net Lease pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Essential Properties Realty Trust pays out 104.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Broadstone Net Lease pays out 190.2% 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 has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and Broadstone Net Lease has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Summary

Essential Properties Realty Trust beats Broadstone Net Lease on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.