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 AnalysisCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider 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 better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk. Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in 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 insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Whitestone REIT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth. 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 20.15%. 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 20.15%7.23%2.77% 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 14.4%. Whitestone REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. 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 90.0% 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. Do analysts prefer IRET or WSR? Whitestone REIT has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.57%. Given Whitestone REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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 Which has stronger valuation & earnings, 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$185.76M1.36$79.21M$3.725.24Whitestone REIT$156.07M4.09$36.89M$0.6020.91 Does the media favor IRET or WSR? In the previous week, Whitestone REIT had 1 more articles in the media than Investors Real Estate Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Whitestone REIT and 0 mentions for Investors Real Estate Trust. Investors Real Estate Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Whitestone REIT'saverage media sentiment score. Company Overall Sentiment Investors Real Estate Trust Neutral Whitestone REIT Neutral Which has more risk & volatility, IRET or WSR? Investors Real Estate Trust has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Whitestone REIT has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryInvestors Real Estate Trust beats Whitestone REIT on 10 of the 18 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. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding IRET and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. 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$253.18M$663.83M$12.15B$20.89BDividend Yield3.98%5.06%5.55%3.62%P/E Ratio4.657.7919.1727.93Price / Sales1.3636.3226.3872.68Price / Cash5.2913.3621.6622.61Price / Book0.391.722.334.70Net Income$79.21M$10.26M$997.25M$993.85M Investors Real Estate Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)IRETInvestors Real Estate TrustN/A$19.51+0.2%N/A-9.7%$253.18M$185.76M4.65361WSRWhitestone REIT2.4253 of 5 stars$12.62+1.2%$15.00+18.9%-12.3%$641.59M$154.28M21.0190Upcoming EarningsGOODGladstone Commercial2.9135 of 5 stars$13.82+0.9%$15.00+8.6%-6.9%$640.01M$149.39M47.6970Dividend AnnouncementEx-DividendOLPOne Liberty Properties3.3854 of 5 stars$23.45+0.8%$28.00+19.4%-10.8%$506.39M$90.56M17.379Positive NewsGYROGyrodyne 1.1063 of 5 stars$8.74+2.5%N/AN/A$19.21M$4.86M0.006News CoverageVNOVornado Realty Trust3.9418 of 5 stars$39.31+1.5%$38.09-3.1%+37.5%$7.53B$1.79B75.472,996Positive NewsCUZCousins Properties4.2066 of 5 stars$28.45+0.9%$32.50+14.2%+14.6%$4.77B$856.76M86.14290Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsLXPLXP Industrial Trust4.6215 of 5 stars$8.28+1.3%$10.50+26.9%-19.8%$2.44B$358.46M41.3370Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsAATAmerican Assets Trust3.4059 of 5 stars$20.35+1.3%$21.00+3.2%-18.8%$1.24B$457.86M16.00220Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsFSPFranklin Street Properties2.3144 of 5 stars$1.66+0.3%N/A-1.7%$171.40M$115.99M-3.3130News CoverageEQCEquity CommonwealthN/A$1.58flatN/AN/A$169.73M$58.43M4.0520Positive NewsUpcoming Earnings 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 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersBuffett to put 90% of his money in this one stock?CPA and CFA says you have WAY too many stocks - just buy these 3 After years working at the biggest accoun...Altimetry | SponsoredCritical AI announcement set to ignite AI 2.0 I just put together an urgent new presentation that you need to see right away. 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