ESS vs. UDR, ELS, CPT, SUI, MAA, EQR, AVB, GLPI, WPC, and AMH
Should you be buying Essex Property Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Essex Property Trust include UDR (UDR), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Sun Communities (SUI), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Equity Residential (EQR), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), W. P. Carey (WPC), and American Homes 4 Rent (AMH). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Essex Property Trust vs.
UDR (NYSE:UDR) and Essex Property Trust (NYSE:ESS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
Essex Property Trust has a net margin of 29.84% compared to UDR's net margin of 6.68%. Essex Property Trust's return on equity of 8.29% beat UDR's return on equity.
UDR currently has a consensus target price of $47.97, suggesting a potential upside of 21.78%. Essex Property Trust has a consensus target price of $245.09, suggesting a potential upside of 13.39%. Given UDR's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe UDR is more favorable than Essex Property Trust.
Essex Property Trust has higher revenue and earnings than UDR. Essex Property Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UDR, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Essex Property Trust received 270 more outperform votes than UDR when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.09% of users gave Essex Property Trust an outperform vote while only 56.44% of users gave UDR an outperform vote.
92.1% of UDR shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Essex Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of UDR shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Essex Property 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.
UDR has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Essex Property Trust has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, UDR and UDR both had 8 articles in the media. Essex Property Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat UDR's score of 0.37 indicating that Essex Property Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
UDR pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Essex Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $9.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. UDR pays out 560.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Essex Property Trust pays out 122.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. UDR has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Essex Property Trust has raised its dividend for 30 consecutive years. Essex Property Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Essex Property Trust beats UDR on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ESS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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