FR vs. EGP, STAG, OHI, FRT, HR, BRX, ADC, NNN, BXP, and COLD
Should you be buying First Industrial Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Industrial Realty Trust include EastGroup Properties (EGP), STAG Industrial (STAG), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), Agree Realty (ADC), NNN REIT (NNN), Boston Properties (BXP), and Americold Realty Trust (COLD). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
First Industrial Realty Trust vs.
First Industrial Realty Trust (NYSE:FR) and EastGroup Properties (NYSE:EGP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.
98.0% of First Industrial Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.5% of EastGroup Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of First Industrial Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of EastGroup Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
First Industrial Realty Trust has a net margin of 67.19% compared to EastGroup Properties' net margin of 32.86%. First Industrial Realty Trust's return on equity of 15.28% beat EastGroup Properties' return on equity.
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.
First Industrial Realty Trust has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EastGroup Properties has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, EastGroup Properties had 4 more articles in the media than First Industrial Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for EastGroup Properties and 4 mentions for First Industrial Realty Trust. First Industrial Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat EastGroup Properties' score of 1.02 indicating that First Industrial Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
First Industrial Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. EastGroup Properties pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. First Industrial Realty Trust pays out 44.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EastGroup Properties pays out 129.2% 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 presently has a consensus price target of $58.57, indicating a potential upside of 12.70%. EastGroup Properties has a consensus price target of $170.20, indicating a potential upside of 3.37%. Given First Industrial Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe First Industrial Realty Trust is more favorable than EastGroup Properties.
EastGroup Properties received 28 more outperform votes than First Industrial Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.35% of users gave EastGroup Properties an outperform vote while only 59.16% of users gave First Industrial Realty Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
First Industrial Realty Trust beats EastGroup Properties on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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