EPRT vs. KRG, PECO, KRC, APLE, IRT, RITM, GRP.U, CUZ, MAC, and VNO
Should you be buying Essential Properties Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Essential Properties Realty Trust include Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), Rithm Capital (RITM), Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (GRP.U), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Macerich (MAC), and Vornado Realty Trust (VNO). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Essential Properties Realty Trust (NYSE:EPRT) and Kite Realty Group Trust (NYSE:KRG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
Essential Properties Realty Trust has a net margin of 53.03% compared to Kite Realty Group Trust's net margin of 5.77%. Essential Properties Realty Trust's return on equity of 6.77% beat Kite Realty Group Trust's return on equity.
Essential Properties Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Kite Realty Group Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Essential Properties Realty Trust pays out 91.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kite Realty Group Trust pays out 454.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Essential Properties Realty Trust and Essential Properties Realty Trust both had 2 articles in the media. Kite Realty Group Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Essential Properties Realty Trust's score of 0.33 indicating that Kite Realty Group Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kite Realty Group Trust received 157 more outperform votes than Essential Properties Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.42% of users gave Essential Properties Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 55.68% of users gave Kite Realty Group Trust an outperform vote.
Essential Properties Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $28.22, suggesting a potential upside of 12.15%. Kite Realty Group Trust has a consensus price target of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.87%. Given Kite Realty Group Trust's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kite Realty Group Trust is more favorable than Essential Properties Realty Trust.
Essential Properties Realty Trust has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kite Realty Group Trust has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Essential Properties Realty Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kite Realty Group Trust. Essential Properties Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kite Realty Group Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
97.0% of Essential Properties Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Kite Realty Group Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Essential Properties Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Kite Realty Group Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Essential Properties Realty Trust beats Kite Realty Group Trust on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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