GRP.U vs. AMH, GLPI, WPC, ELS, HST, LAMR, REG, CPT, CUBE, and REXR
Should you be buying Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple include American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), W. P. Carey (WPC), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Regency Centers (REG), Camden Property Trust (CPT), CubeSmart (CUBE), and Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH) and Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (NYSE:GRP.U) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.
In the previous week, American Homes 4 Rent had 10 more articles in the media than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for American Homes 4 Rent and 1 mentions for Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat American Homes 4 Rent's score of 0.99 indicating that American Homes 4 Rent is being referred to more favorably in the media.
American Homes 4 Rent received 584 more outperform votes than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.38% of users gave American Homes 4 Rent an outperform vote while only 36.84% of users gave Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple an outperform vote.
American Homes 4 Rent pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple pays an annual dividend of $2.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. American Homes 4 Rent pays out 106.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple pays out 95.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
American Homes 4 Rent has higher revenue and earnings than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Homes 4 Rent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple has a net margin of 40.76% compared to Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's net margin of 22.55%. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's return on equity of 5.00% beat American Homes 4 Rent's return on equity.
American Homes 4 Rent has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
91.9% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
American Homes 4 Rent currently has a consensus price target of $39.73, suggesting a potential upside of 12.26%. Given Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe American Homes 4 Rent is more favorable than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple.
Summary
American Homes 4 Rent beats Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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