First Industrial Realty Trust (FR) Competitors

EastGroup Properties (NYSE:EGP) and First Industrial Realty Trust (NYSE:FR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in EGP or FR?

92.1% of EastGroup Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of First Industrial Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of EastGroup Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of First Industrial Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, EGP or FR?

EastGroup Properties has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Industrial Realty Trust has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EGP or FR?

EastGroup Properties received 26 more outperform votes than First Industrial Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.64% of users gave First Industrial Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 58.05% of users gave EastGroup Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
EastGroup Properties	Outperform Votes 447 58.05%	Underperform Votes 323 41.95%
First Industrial Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 421 58.64%	Underperform Votes 297 41.36%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, EGP or FR?

First Industrial Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than EastGroup Properties. First Industrial Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EastGroup Properties, 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
EastGroup Properties	$570.59M	15.78	$200.49M	$4.61	40.57
First Industrial Realty Trust	$614.03M	11.59	$274.82M	$2.17	24.77

Do analysts prefer EGP or FR?

EastGroup Properties presently has a consensus price target of $180.40, indicating a potential downside of 3.54%. First Industrial Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $53.55, indicating a potential downside of 0.40%. Given EastGroup Properties' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Industrial Realty Trust is more favorable than EastGroup Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EastGroup Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
First Industrial Realty Trust	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31

Is EGP or FR a better dividend stock?

EastGroup Properties pays an annual dividend of $5.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. First Industrial Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. EastGroup Properties pays out 110.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. First Industrial Realty Trust pays out 68.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Industrial Realty Trust has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. First Industrial Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is EGP or FR more profitable?

First Industrial Realty Trust has a net margin of 44.46% compared to First Industrial Realty Trust's net margin of 37.16%. EastGroup Properties' return on equity of 10.72% beat First Industrial Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EastGroup Properties	37.16%	8.69%	4.98%
First Industrial Realty Trust	44.46%	10.72%	5.48%

Does the media prefer EGP or FR?

In the previous week, EastGroup Properties had 15 more articles in the media than First Industrial Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for EastGroup Properties and 18 mentions for First Industrial Realty Trust. EastGroup Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat First Industrial Realty Trust's score of 0.44 indicating that First Industrial Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
EastGroup Properties	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	18 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
First Industrial Realty Trust	12 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

First Industrial Realty Trust beats EastGroup Properties on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.