LXP Industrial Trust (LXP) Competitors

Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO) and LXP Industrial Trust (NYSE:LXP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, VNO or LXP?

Vornado Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than LXP Industrial Trust. LXP Industrial Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vornado Realty 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
Vornado Realty Trust	$1.81B	3.94	$70.39M	$0.52	71.64
LXP Industrial Trust	$361.07M	6.78	$44.53M	$0.20	41.38

Do analysts recommend VNO or LXP?

Vornado Realty Trust currently has a consensus target price of $38.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.00%. LXP Industrial Trust has a consensus target price of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.93%. Given LXP Industrial Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe LXP Industrial Trust is more favorable than Vornado Realty Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vornado Realty Trust	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.09
LXP Industrial Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Is VNO or LXP more profitable?

LXP Industrial Trust has a net margin of 12.40% compared to Vornado Realty Trust's net margin of 3.94%. LXP Industrial Trust's return on equity of 2.15% beat Vornado Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vornado Realty Trust	3.94%	1.60%	0.44%
LXP Industrial Trust	12.40%	2.15%	1.13%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in VNO or LXP?

90.0% of Vornado Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.4% of Vornado Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer VNO or LXP?

In the previous week, Vornado Realty Trust had 6 more articles in the media than LXP Industrial Trust. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Vornado Realty Trust and 7 mentions for LXP Industrial Trust. LXP Industrial Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Vornado Realty Trust's score of 1.18 indicating that LXP Industrial Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vornado Realty Trust	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
LXP Industrial Trust	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VNO or LXP?

Vornado Realty Trust received 252 more outperform votes than LXP Industrial Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.81% of users gave Vornado Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 50.75% of users gave LXP Industrial Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vornado Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 524 58.81%	Underperform Votes 367 41.19%
LXP Industrial Trust	Outperform Votes 272 50.75%	Underperform Votes 264 49.25%

Which has more volatility and risk, VNO or LXP?

Vornado Realty Trust has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LXP Industrial Trust has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is VNO or LXP a better dividend stock?

Vornado Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. LXP Industrial Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Vornado Realty Trust pays out 142.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. LXP Industrial Trust pays out 270.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. LXP Industrial Trust has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. LXP Industrial Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Vornado Realty Trust and LXP Industrial Trust tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.