Getty Realty (GTY) Competitors

Getty Realty (NYSE:GTY) and Agree Realty (NYSE:ADC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.

Is GTY or ADC a better dividend stock?

Getty Realty pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Agree Realty pays an annual dividend of $3.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Getty Realty pays out 163.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Agree Realty pays out 182.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Getty Realty has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Agree Realty has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Getty Realty is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is GTY or ADC more profitable?

Getty Realty has a net margin of 31.62% compared to Agree Realty's net margin of 28.16%. Getty Realty's return on equity of 6.87% beat Agree Realty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Getty Realty	31.62%	6.87%	3.38%
Agree Realty	28.16%	3.47%	2.15%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in GTY or ADC?

85.1% of Getty Realty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of Agree Realty shares are held by institutional investors. 8.8% of Getty Realty shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Agree Realty shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate GTY or ADC?

Getty Realty currently has a consensus target price of $32.67, indicating a potential upside of 15.92%. Agree Realty has a consensus target price of $80.61, indicating a potential upside of 10.97%. Given Getty Realty's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Getty Realty is more favorable than Agree Realty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Getty Realty	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Agree Realty	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69

Which has more risk & volatility, GTY or ADC?

Getty Realty has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agree Realty has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, GTY or ADC?

Agree Realty has higher revenue and earnings than Getty Realty. Getty Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Agree Realty, 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
Getty Realty	$203.39M	7.84	$71.06M	$1.15	24.50
Agree Realty	$617.09M	13.03	$189.20M	$1.68	43.24

Does the media favor GTY or ADC?

In the previous week, Agree Realty had 29 more articles in the media than Getty Realty. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Agree Realty and 6 mentions for Getty Realty. Agree Realty's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Getty Realty's score of 1.13 indicating that Agree Realty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Getty Realty	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Agree Realty	26 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Agree Realty beats Getty Realty on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.