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, EQC, and FSPShould 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), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), and Franklin Street Properties (FSP). 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 Equity Commonwealth Franklin Street Properties Investors Real Estate Trust (NYSE:IRET) and Whitestone REIT (NYSE:WSR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk. Do analysts recommend IRET or WSR? Whitestone REIT has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.32%. 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) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Which has more volatility and risk, IRET or WSR? Investors Real Estate Trust has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Whitestone REIT has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. 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 4.5%. 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. Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in IRET or WSR? 70.4% of Investors Real Estate Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of Whitestone REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Investors Real Estate Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Whitestone REIT shares are held by 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. Which has better 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$185.76M1.34$79.21M$3.725.18Whitestone REIT$156.63M3.87$36.89M$0.6518.27 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% Does the media prefer IRET or WSR? In the previous week, Investors Real Estate Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Whitestone REIT. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Investors Real Estate Trust and 0 mentions for Whitestone REIT. 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 SummaryInvestors Real Estate Trust beats Whitestone REIT on 11 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. 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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$249.83M$836.20M$12.67B$22.14BDividend Yield3.98%5.00%5.51%3.55%P/E Ratio4.588.4430.3030.04Price / Sales1.3436.7129.9669.64Price / Cash5.2913.3619.7618.34Price / Book0.391.652.304.66Net Income$79.21M$10.26M$1.02B$1.01B Investors Real Estate Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)IRETInvestors Real Estate Trust3.0116 of 5 stars$19.25+0.5%N/A-13.4%$249.83M$185.76M4.58361Short Interest ↑WSRWhitestone REIT4.019 of 5 stars$12.27+0.2%$15.00+22.2%-9.1%$624.97M$154.28M11.7890GOODGladstone Commercial4.1457 of 5 stars$12.32+0.9%$15.00+21.8%-24.2%$568.49M$149.39M8.6070OLPOne Liberty Properties1.5893 of 5 stars$22.15+0.9%N/A-17.5%$474.34M$90.56M11.389GYROGyrodyne 0.7735 of 5 stars$10.29+4.1%N/A+32.4%$21.73MN/A0.006Gap UpVNOVornado Realty Trust4.0965 of 5 stars$40.54+0.4%$38.64-4.7%+4.1%$7.76B$1.79B17.412,996Positive NewsCUZCousins Properties4.5588 of 5 stars$28.92+2.3%$32.91+13.8%-0.6%$4.75B$856.76M10.09290Ex-DividendAnalyst UpgradeLXPLXP Industrial Trust4.5601 of 5 stars$8.96-0.8%$10.00+11.6%-4.1%$2.67B$358.46M14.1170Analyst ForecastAATAmerican Assets Trust3.4815 of 5 stars$20.32+0.6%$20.50+0.9%-22.8%$1.24B$457.86M8.78220EQCEquity CommonwealthN/A$1.58flatN/AN/A$169.73M$58.43M4.0520FSPFranklin Street Properties1.2308 of 5 stars$1.60flatN/A+0.6%$165.90M$111.88M-3.2030Dividend Announcement 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 Equity Commonwealth Competitors Franklin Street Properties 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 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersArizona-made nanochips the new millionaire maker?George Gilder handed President Reagan the first microchip that helped create $6.5 trillion in wealth over the ...Banyan Hill Publishing | SponsoredTrump’s new nightmare beginsPorter Stansberry and Jeff Brown say a new U.S. national emergency is already underway — and it could trigger ...Porter & Company | SponsoredThe Dollar’s Crashing—What Are You Doing About It?The U.S. dollar is down 10.8%—its steepest drop since 1973. 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