GRP.U vs. CTRE, HHH, BXMT, EPR, SKT, SLG, CUZ, MAC, IRT, and HASI
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 CareTrust REIT (CTRE), Howard Hughes (HHH), Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT), EPR Properties (EPR), Tanger (SKT), SL Green Realty (SLG), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Macerich (MAC), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), and Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
CareTrust REIT (NASDAQ:CTRE) and Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (NYSE:GRP.U) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
87.8% of CareTrust REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of CareTrust REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
CareTrust REIT has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, CareTrust REIT had 1 more articles in the media than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for CareTrust REIT and 2 mentions for Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat CareTrust REIT's score of 0.95 indicating that CareTrust REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CareTrust REIT received 408 more outperform votes than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.89% of users gave CareTrust REIT an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple an outperform vote.
CareTrust REIT currently has a consensus target price of $23.57, indicating a potential downside of 1.58%. Given Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe CareTrust REIT is more favorable than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple.
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple has a net margin of 26.28% compared to Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's net margin of 24.67%. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's return on equity of 5.14% beat CareTrust REIT's return on equity.
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple has higher revenue and earnings than CareTrust REIT. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CareTrust REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CareTrust REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple pays an annual dividend of $2.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. CareTrust REIT pays out 236.7% 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 152.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CareTrust REIT has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. CareTrust REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
CareTrust REIT beats Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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