FCPT vs. DEI, ABR, EQC, DRH, OUT, HIW, PEB, LXP, MPW, and RLJ
Should you be buying Four Corners Property Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Four Corners Property Trust include Douglas Emmett (DEI), Arbor Realty Trust (ABR), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), OUTFRONT Media (OUT), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), and RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Four Corners Property Trust (NYSE:FCPT) and Douglas Emmett (NYSE:DEI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.
Four Corners Property Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Douglas Emmett. Douglas Emmett is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Four Corners Property Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Douglas Emmett received 146 more outperform votes than Four Corners Property Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.03% of users gave Douglas Emmett an outperform vote while only 50.81% of users gave Four Corners Property Trust an outperform vote.
Four Corners Property Trust has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Douglas Emmett has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Four Corners Property Trust has a net margin of 38.04% compared to Douglas Emmett's net margin of -4.62%. Four Corners Property Trust's return on equity of 7.78% beat Douglas Emmett's return on equity.
Four Corners Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Douglas Emmett pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Four Corners Property Trust pays out 127.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Douglas Emmett pays out -292.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
98.7% of Four Corners Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Douglas Emmett shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Four Corners Property Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.0% of Douglas Emmett shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Douglas Emmett had 8 more articles in the media than Four Corners Property Trust. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Douglas Emmett and 3 mentions for Four Corners Property Trust. Four Corners Property Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Douglas Emmett's score of 0.07 indicating that Four Corners Property Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Four Corners Property Trust presently has a consensus target price of $26.33, indicating a potential upside of 7.53%. Douglas Emmett has a consensus target price of $13.63, indicating a potential downside of 1.80%. Given Four Corners Property Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Four Corners Property Trust is more favorable than Douglas Emmett.
Summary
Four Corners Property Trust beats Douglas Emmett on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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