IRM vs. WPC, GLPI, SUI, ESS, MAA, UDR, VTR, ELS, PEAK, and KIM
Should you be buying Iron Mountain stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Iron Mountain include W. P. Carey (WPC), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), Sun Communities (SUI), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), UDR (UDR), Ventas (VTR), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Healthpeak Properties (PEAK), and Kimco Realty (KIM). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Iron Mountain vs.
Iron Mountain (NYSE:IRM) and W. P. Carey (NYSE:WPC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
W. P. Carey has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Iron Mountain. W. P. Carey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Iron Mountain, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Iron Mountain had 4 more articles in the media than W. P. Carey. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Iron Mountain and 10 mentions for W. P. Carey. W. P. Carey's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Iron Mountain's score of 0.78 indicating that W. P. Carey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Iron Mountain has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W. P. Carey has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
W. P. Carey has a net margin of 40.51% compared to Iron Mountain's net margin of 10.91%. Iron Mountain's return on equity of 79.49% beat W. P. Carey's return on equity.
Iron Mountain received 67 more outperform votes than W. P. Carey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.94% of users gave Iron Mountain an outperform vote while only 60.92% of users gave W. P. Carey an outperform vote.
Iron Mountain pays an annual dividend of $2.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. W. P. Carey pays an annual dividend of $4.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Iron Mountain pays out 130.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. W. P. Carey pays out 142.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
77.1% of Iron Mountain shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.7% of W. P. Carey shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Iron Mountain shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of W. P. Carey shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Iron Mountain currently has a consensus target price of $60.40, indicating a potential upside of 19.72%. W. P. Carey has a consensus target price of $86.80, indicating a potential upside of 12.35%. Given Iron Mountain's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Iron Mountain is more favorable than W. P. Carey.
Summary
Iron Mountain beats W. P. Carey on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding IRM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
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.
Iron Mountain Competitors List
