InvenTrust Properties (IVT) Competitors

Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:PECO) and InvenTrust Properties (NYSE:IVT) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

Is PECO or IVT a better dividend stock?

Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. InvenTrust Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. pays out 236.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. InvenTrust Properties pays out 66.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and InvenTrust Properties has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PECO or IVT?

80.7% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of InvenTrust Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of InvenTrust Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PECO or IVT more profitable?

InvenTrust Properties has a net margin of 39.01% compared to Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s net margin of 9.91%. InvenTrust Properties' return on equity of 6.33% beat Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.	9.91%	2.64%	1.35%
InvenTrust Properties	39.01%	6.33%	4.24%

Do analysts rate PECO or IVT?

Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. currently has a consensus price target of $39.17, suggesting a potential upside of 16.02%. InvenTrust Properties has a consensus price target of $32.50, suggesting a potential upside of 16.70%. Given InvenTrust Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe InvenTrust Properties is more favorable than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc..

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
InvenTrust Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more risk & volatility, PECO or IVT?

Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, InvenTrust Properties has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, PECO or IVT?

Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has higher revenue and earnings than InvenTrust Properties. InvenTrust Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.	$661.39M	6.41	$62.69M	$0.55	61.38
InvenTrust Properties	$273.97M	7.89	$13.66M	$1.44	19.34

Does the media prefer PECO or IVT?

In the previous week, Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. had 3 more articles in the media than InvenTrust Properties. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. and 2 mentions for InvenTrust Properties. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat InvenTrust Properties' score of 0.30 indicating that Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
InvenTrust Properties	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

InvenTrust Properties beats Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.