Gazit Globe (GZT) Competitors

Gazit Globe (NYSE:GZT) and Getty Realty (NYSE:GTY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and community ranking.

Do analysts prefer GZT or GTY?

Getty Realty has a consensus price target of $32.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.86%. Given Getty Realty's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Getty Realty is more favorable than Gazit Globe.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gazit Globe	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Getty Realty	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in GZT or GTY?

10.7% of Gazit Globe shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of Getty Realty shares are held by institutional investors. 8.8% of Getty Realty shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is GZT or GTY more profitable?

Getty Realty has a net margin of 34.94% compared to Gazit Globe's net margin of -11.36%. Getty Realty's return on equity of 7.43% beat Gazit Globe's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gazit Globe	-11.36%	2.11%	0.76%
Getty Realty	34.94%	7.43%	3.73%

Does the media prefer GZT or GTY?

In the previous week, Getty Realty had 7 more articles in the media than Gazit Globe. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Getty Realty and 0 mentions for Gazit Globe. Getty Realty's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Gazit Globe's score of 0.00 indicating that Getty Realty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Gazit Globe	Neutral
Getty Realty	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GZT or GTY?

Getty Realty received 135 more outperform votes than Gazit Globe when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.12% of users gave Gazit Globe an outperform vote while only 57.97% of users gave Getty Realty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gazit Globe	Outperform Votes 196 67.12%	Underperform Votes 96 32.88%
Getty Realty	Outperform Votes 331 57.97%	Underperform Votes 240 42.03%

Which has more risk and volatility, GZT or GTY?

Gazit Globe has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Getty Realty has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GZT or GTY a better dividend stock?

Gazit Globe pays an annual dividend of $0.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.6%. Getty Realty pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Gazit Globe pays out 43.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Getty Realty pays out 155.4% 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 increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Gazit Globe is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, GZT or GTY?

Gazit Globe has higher revenue and earnings than Getty Realty. Gazit Globe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Getty 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
Gazit Globe	$817M	0.77	$142M	$0.94	3.46
Getty Realty	$206.75M	7.65	$71.06M	$1.21	23.59

Summary

Getty Realty beats Gazit Globe on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.