IRT vs. CG, AMH, GLPI, HST, JEF, STEP, EPRT, FRHC, PIPR, and PECO
Should you be buying Independence Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Independence Realty Trust include The Carlyle Group (CG), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), StepStone Group (STEP), Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), Freedom (FRHC), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), and Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Independence Realty Trust (NYSE:IRT) and The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends.
Independence Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential downside of 10.01%. The Carlyle Group has a consensus price target of $45.20, suggesting a potential downside of 4.24%. Given The Carlyle Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe The Carlyle Group is more favorable than Independence Realty Trust.
Independence Realty Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than The Carlyle Group. Independence Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Carlyle Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
88.3% of Independence Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.9% of The Carlyle Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Independence Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.2% of The Carlyle Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Independence Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. The Carlyle Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Independence Realty Trust pays out -2,132.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Carlyle Group pays out -78.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Independence Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Independence Realty Trust has a net margin of -1.26% compared to The Carlyle Group's net margin of -23.04%. The Carlyle Group's return on equity of 23.92% beat Independence Realty Trust's return on equity.
Independence Realty Trust has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Carlyle Group has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.
The Carlyle Group received 220 more outperform votes than Independence Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.85% of users gave Independence Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 56.93% of users gave The Carlyle Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, The Carlyle Group had 18 more articles in the media than Independence Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for The Carlyle Group and 7 mentions for Independence Realty Trust. Independence Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat The Carlyle Group's score of 0.72 indicating that Independence Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Independence Realty Trust and The Carlyle Group tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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