Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG) Competitors

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

Is PECO or KRG a better dividend stock?

Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Kite Realty Group Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. pays out 215.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kite Realty Group Trust pays out 1,542.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Kite Realty Group Trust has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Kite Realty Group Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, PECO or KRG?

Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kite Realty Group Trust has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

80.7% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Kite Realty Group Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Kite Realty Group Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PECO or KRG more profitable?

Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a net margin of 10.51% compared to Kite Realty Group Trust's net margin of 1.59%. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s return on equity of 2.73% beat Kite Realty Group Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.	10.51%	2.73%	1.42%
Kite Realty Group Trust	1.59%	0.41%	0.20%

Do analysts rate PECO or KRG?

Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. presently has a consensus target price of $38.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.76%. Kite Realty Group Trust has a consensus target price of $27.22, suggesting a potential upside of 19.47%. Given Kite Realty Group Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kite Realty Group Trust 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)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Kite Realty Group Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Does the media favor PECO or KRG?

In the previous week, Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. had 7 more articles in the media than Kite Realty Group Trust. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. and 4 mentions for Kite Realty Group Trust. Kite Realty Group Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s score of 0.66 indicating that Kite Realty Group Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kite Realty Group Trust	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, PECO or KRG?

Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kite Realty Group Trust. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kite Realty Group Trust, 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	6.59	$62.69M	$0.57	60.98
Kite Realty Group Trust	$841.84M	5.95	$4.07M	$0.07	325.50

Summary

Kite Realty Group Trust beats Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.