IRT vs. MAC, APLE, GRP.U, CUZ, BXMT, CTRE, SBRA, SLG, PECO, and EPR
Should you be buying Independence Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Independence Realty Trust include Macerich (MAC), Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE), Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (GRP.U), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), SL Green Realty (SLG), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), and EPR Properties (EPR). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Independence Realty Trust (NYSE:IRT) and Macerich (NYSE:MAC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Macerich had 1 more articles in the media than Independence Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Macerich and 6 mentions for Independence Realty Trust. Independence Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Macerich's score of 0.44 indicating that Independence Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Independence Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Macerich pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Independence Realty Trust pays out -914.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Macerich pays out -53.5% 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 has a net margin of -2.61% compared to Macerich's net margin of -31.00%. Independence Realty Trust's return on equity of -0.47% beat Macerich's return on equity.
Independence Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.94%. Macerich has a consensus price target of $14.40, indicating a potential downside of 7.96%. Given Independence Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Independence Realty Trust is more favorable than Macerich.
88.3% of Independence Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Macerich shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Independence Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Macerich 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.
Macerich received 116 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 51.91% of users gave Macerich an outperform vote.
Independence Realty Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Macerich. Independence Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Macerich, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Independence Realty Trust has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Macerich has a beta of 2.33, indicating that its share price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Independence Realty Trust beats Macerich on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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