GNL vs. STEP, EPRT, VIRT, ETOR, RITM, JHG, AHR, CTRE, LB, and COLD
Should you be buying Global Net Lease stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Net Lease include StepStone Group (STEP), Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Etoro Group (ETOR), Rithm Capital (RITM), Janus Henderson Group (JHG), American Healthcare REIT (AHR), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), LandBridge (LB), and Americold Realty Trust (COLD). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Global Net Lease vs.
Global Net Lease (NYSE:GNL) and StepStone Group (NASDAQ:STEP) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.
StepStone Group has a net margin of -11.29% compared to Global Net Lease's net margin of -21.37%. StepStone Group's return on equity of 12.04% beat Global Net Lease's return on equity.
Global Net Lease received 173 more outperform votes than StepStone Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.58% of users gave Global Net Lease an outperform vote while only 31.63% of users gave StepStone Group an outperform vote.
Global Net Lease has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StepStone Group has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
61.2% of Global Net Lease shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.5% of StepStone Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Global Net Lease shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.4% of StepStone Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Global Net Lease presently has a consensus target price of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.32%. StepStone Group has a consensus target price of $62.57, suggesting a potential upside of 8.93%. Given Global Net Lease's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Global Net Lease is more favorable than StepStone Group.
StepStone Group has higher revenue and earnings than Global Net Lease. StepStone Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Net Lease, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Global Net Lease pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. StepStone Group pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Global Net Lease pays out -51.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. StepStone Group pays out -40.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. StepStone Group has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Global Net Lease is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, StepStone Group had 3 more articles in the media than Global Net Lease. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for StepStone Group and 3 mentions for Global Net Lease. Global Net Lease's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat StepStone Group's score of 0.64 indicating that Global Net Lease is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Global Net Lease and StepStone Group tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GNL) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
