This company has been marked as potentially delisted and may not be actively trading. Investors Real Estate Trust (IRET) Competitors Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisCompetitorsDividendInsider TradesShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock IRET vs. WSR, GOOD, OLP, GYRO, VNO, CUZ, LXP, AAT, FSP, and EQCShould you be buying Investors Real Estate Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Investors Real Estate Trust include Whitestone REIT (WSR), Gladstone Commercial (GOOD), One Liberty Properties (OLP), Gyrodyne (GYRO), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), Cousins Properties (CUZ), LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), American Assets Trust (AAT), Franklin Street Properties (FSP), and Equity Commonwealth (EQC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector. Investors Real Estate Trust vs. Its Competitors Whitestone REIT Gladstone Commercial One Liberty Properties Gyrodyne Vornado Realty Trust Cousins Properties LXP Industrial Trust American Assets Trust Franklin Street Properties Equity Commonwealth Investors Real Estate Trust (NYSE:IRET) and Whitestone REIT (NYSE:WSR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk. Does the media prefer IRET or WSR? In the previous week, Whitestone REIT had 3 more articles in the media than Investors Real Estate Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Whitestone REIT and 0 mentions for Investors Real Estate Trust. Whitestone REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Investors Real Estate Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Whitestone REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Investors Real Estate Trust Neutral Whitestone REIT Neutral Do analysts recommend IRET or WSR? Whitestone REIT has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.87%. Given Whitestone REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Whitestone REIT is more favorable than Investors Real Estate Trust.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Investors Real Estate Trust 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00Whitestone REIT 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Is IRET or WSR more profitable? Investors Real Estate Trust has a net margin of 34.57% compared to Whitestone REIT's net margin of 21.70%. Investors Real Estate Trust's return on equity of 10.77% beat Whitestone REIT's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Investors Real Estate Trust34.57% 10.77% 4.36% Whitestone REIT 21.70%7.76%2.98% Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of IRET or WSR? 70.4% of Investors Real Estate Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of Whitestone REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Investors Real Estate Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Whitestone REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Is IRET or WSR a better dividend stock? Investors Real Estate Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.5%. Whitestone REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Investors Real Estate Trust pays out 75.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Whitestone REIT pays out 83.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Whitestone REIT has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Investors Real Estate Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Which has more risk & volatility, IRET or WSR? Investors Real Estate Trust has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Whitestone REIT has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has preferable earnings and valuation, IRET or WSR? Investors Real Estate Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Whitestone REIT. Investors Real Estate Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Whitestone REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioInvestors Real Estate Trust$185.76M1.35$79.21M$3.725.18Whitestone REIT$154.28M4.24$36.89M$0.6519.75 SummaryInvestors Real Estate Trust beats Whitestone REIT on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Investors Real Estate Trust News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for IRET and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Subscribe Now View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart IRET vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricInvestors Real Estate TrustReal Estate Investment Trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$250.09M$813.46M$12.70B$21.43BDividend Yield3.98%4.90%5.42%3.50%P/E Ratio4.598.48244.3529.79Price / Sales1.3536.7931.0168.87Price / Cash5.2913.3619.2518.13Price / Book0.392.222.304.64Net Income$79.21M$10.26M$1.01B$999.44M Investors Real Estate Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)IRETInvestors Real Estate TrustN/A$19.27-0.7%N/A-15.4%$250.09M$185.76M4.59361WSRWhitestone REIT3.5665 of 5 stars$12.81-1.2%$15.00+17.1%-3.9%$653.29M$156.63M19.7090GOODGladstone Commercial3.8422 of 5 stars$13.00-0.6%$15.00+15.4%-18.8%$605.27M$153.64M36.1170OLPOne Liberty Properties3.4795 of 5 stars$22.98-1.0%N/A-18.3%$496.35M$94.78M17.819Positive NewsDividend AnnouncementShort Interest ↓GYROGyrodyne 1.9169 of 5 stars$10.00-1.9%N/A+29.4%$21.99M$4.86M0.006Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeVNOVornado Realty Trust4.6049 of 5 stars$39.94-1.8%$37.90-5.1%+15.7%$7.67B$1.80B9.892,996Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastGap DownCUZCousins Properties4.425 of 5 stars$28.68-1.3%$32.40+13.0%-0.9%$4.82B$856.76M77.51290News CoverageAnalyst ForecastLXPLXP Industrial Trust4.2464 of 5 stars$9.05-0.7%$10.33+14.2%-9.8%$2.68B$363.00M32.3070Positive NewsDividend AnnouncementShort Interest ↑AATAmerican Assets Trust3.8175 of 5 stars$20.17-2.8%$20.50+1.6%-22.7%$1.23B$452.81M17.39220Positive NewsShort Interest ↓FSPFranklin Street Properties1.8467 of 5 stars$1.65-2.4%N/A-2.3%$171.09M$111.88M-3.3030News CoverageShort Interest ↓EQCEquity CommonwealthN/A$1.58flatN/AN/A$169.73M$58.43M4.0520Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Whitestone REIT Competitors Gladstone Commercial Competitors One Liberty Properties Competitors Gyrodyne Competitors Vornado Realty Trust Competitors Cousins Properties Competitors LXP Industrial Trust Competitors American Assets Trust Competitors Franklin Street Properties Competitors Equity Commonwealth Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:IRET) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump’s Plan May Undo 1933’s Biggest Financial InjusticeTrump's Reset Can Give Birth To America's Greatest Era Yet A 90-Year cycle may end soon, creating real weal...American Hartford Gold | SponsoredNew Biotech Backed by Proven Incubator Now Open to PublicA successful biotech incubator just opened its next chapter - and you're invited to their raise. 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