ESRT vs. ADC, HR, STWD, RHP, AIRC, VNO, RITM, EPRT, KRG, and RYN
Should you be buying Empire State Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Empire State Realty Trust include Agree Realty (ADC), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Starwood Property Trust (STWD), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Apartment Income REIT (AIRC), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), Rithm Capital (RITM), Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), and Rayonier (RYN). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Agree Realty (NYSE:ADC) and Empire State Realty Trust (NYSE:ESRT) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Agree Realty has a net margin of 32.08% compared to Agree Realty's net margin of 5.89%. Empire State Realty Trust's return on equity of 3.72% beat Agree Realty's return on equity.
Agree Realty received 199 more outperform votes than Empire State Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.24% of users gave Agree Realty an outperform vote while only 50.96% of users gave Empire State Realty Trust an outperform vote.
Agree Realty has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Empire State Realty Trust. Empire State 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.
97.8% of Agree Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of Empire State Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Agree Realty shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.0% of Empire State Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Agree Realty had 10 more articles in the media than Empire State Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Agree Realty and 14 mentions for Empire State Realty Trust. Agree Realty's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Empire State Realty Trust's score of 0.78 indicating that Empire State Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Agree Realty has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Empire State Realty Trust has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Agree Realty pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Empire State Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Agree Realty pays out 176.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Empire State Realty Trust pays out 46.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Agree Realty presently has a consensus price target of $66.95, indicating a potential downside of 2.58%. Empire State Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $9.25, indicating a potential downside of 13.95%. Given Empire State Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Agree Realty is more favorable than Empire State Realty Trust.
Summary
Agree Realty beats Empire State Realty Trust on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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