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. GOOD, WSR, 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 Gladstone Commercial (GOOD), Whitestone REIT (WSR), 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 Gladstone Commercial Whitestone REIT 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 Gladstone Commercial (NASDAQ:GOOD) 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, risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends. Which has more risk and volatility, IRET or GOOD? Investors Real Estate Trust has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gladstone Commercial has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts recommend IRET or GOOD? Gladstone Commercial has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.67%. Given Gladstone Commercial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Gladstone Commercial 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) 0.00Gladstone Commercial 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Is IRET or GOOD 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%. Gladstone Commercial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. 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. Gladstone Commercial pays out 413.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Investors Real Estate Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of IRET or GOOD? 70.4% of Investors Real Estate Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.5% of Gladstone Commercial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Investors Real Estate Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Gladstone Commercial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Which has better earnings & valuation, IRET or GOOD? Investors Real Estate Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Gladstone Commercial. Investors Real Estate Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gladstone Commercial, 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$3.725.22Gladstone Commercial$149.39M4.53$24M$0.2950.38 Is IRET or GOOD more profitable? Investors Real Estate Trust has a net margin of 34.57% compared to Gladstone Commercial's net margin of 16.97%. Gladstone Commercial's return on equity of 15.32% beat Investors Real Estate Trust's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Investors Real Estate Trust34.57% 10.77% 4.36% Gladstone Commercial 16.97%15.32%2.30% Does the media prefer IRET or GOOD? In the previous week, Gladstone Commercial had 2 more articles in the media than Investors Real Estate Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Gladstone Commercial and 0 mentions for Investors Real Estate Trust. Gladstone Commercial's average media sentiment score of 0.11 beat Investors Real Estate Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Gladstone Commercial is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Investors Real Estate Trust Neutral Gladstone Commercial Neutral SummaryGladstone Commercial beats Investors Real Estate Trust 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$251.93M$807.61M$12.05B$20.57BDividend Yield3.98%4.81%5.57%3.75%P/E Ratio4.6210.0820.0628.04Price / Sales1.3633.3825.5938.39Price / Cash5.2913.7421.5022.31Price / Book0.391.742.284.59Net Income$79.21M$12.68M$1.00B$985.44M Investors Real Estate Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)IRETInvestors Real Estate TrustN/A$19.41+0.5%N/A-2.6%$251.93M$185.76M4.62361GOODGladstone Commercial2.7237 of 5 stars$14.57+1.3%$15.00+3.0%+2.2%$665.55M$149.39M50.2470WSRWhitestone REIT3.7117 of 5 stars$12.57+2.3%$15.00+19.4%-3.6%$625M$154.28M20.9490News CoverageOLPOne Liberty Properties3.4755 of 5 stars$25.34+1.6%$28.00+10.5%+4.7%$538.56M$90.56M18.779News CoveragePositive NewsGYROGyrodyne N/A$8.38-6.9%N/A+13.9%$18.44MN/A0.006Gap UpVNOVornado Realty Trust3.8248 of 5 stars$39.64-1.7%$37.91-4.4%+47.2%$7.74B$1.79B76.222,996Positive NewsCUZCousins Properties2.9172 of 5 stars$30.44-0.2%$32.20+5.8%+28.7%$5.12B$856.76M92.24290News CoverageAnalyst DowngradeLXPLXP Industrial Trust4.1068 of 5 stars$8.85+1.2%$10.50+18.7%-10.5%$2.58B$358.46M44.2370Ex-DividendAATAmerican Assets Trust3.8323 of 5 stars$20.21-0.1%$21.00+3.9%-9.1%$1.24B$457.86M15.91220News CoveragePositive NewsFSPFranklin Street PropertiesN/A$1.74+3.0%N/A+15.7%$175.03M$115.99M-3.4830EQCEquity CommonwealthN/A$1.58flatN/AN/A$169.73M$58.43M4.0520 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Gladstone Commercial Competitors Whitestone REIT 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 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThis Signal Only Flashes Once Every 4 Years – And It Just TriggeredThis same signal has appeared twice before in the past 8 years — both times, it kicked off major moves in cryp...Crypto Swap Profits | SponsoredMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredTrump’s New Order Could Boost Social Security Benefits by 400%If you collect—or plan to collect—Social Security, you need to see this. 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