NSA vs. GLPI, WPC, ELS, HST, LAMR, REG, CPT, CUBE, REXR, and BXP
Should you be buying National Storage Affiliates Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Storage Affiliates Trust include Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), W. P. Carey (WPC), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Regency Centers (REG), Camden Property Trust (CPT), CubeSmart (CUBE), Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR), and Boston Properties (BXP). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
National Storage Affiliates Trust (NYSE:NSA) and Gaming and Leisure Properties (NASDAQ:GLPI) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
100.0% of National Storage Affiliates Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.1% of Gaming and Leisure Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of National Storage Affiliates Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Gaming and Leisure Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
National Storage Affiliates Trust currently has a consensus price target of $37.44, indicating a potential downside of 13.84%. Gaming and Leisure Properties has a consensus price target of $51.41, indicating a potential upside of 3.96%. Given Gaming and Leisure Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Gaming and Leisure Properties is more favorable than National Storage Affiliates Trust.
National Storage Affiliates Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Gaming and Leisure Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. National Storage Affiliates Trust pays out 117.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gaming and Leisure Properties pays out 112.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gaming and Leisure Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Gaming and Leisure Properties had 9 more articles in the media than National Storage Affiliates Trust. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Gaming and Leisure Properties and 5 mentions for National Storage Affiliates Trust. National Storage Affiliates Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Gaming and Leisure Properties' score of 0.69 indicating that National Storage Affiliates Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Gaming and Leisure Properties received 179 more outperform votes than National Storage Affiliates Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.92% of users gave Gaming and Leisure Properties an outperform vote while only 56.11% of users gave National Storage Affiliates Trust an outperform vote.
National Storage Affiliates Trust has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gaming and Leisure Properties has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Gaming and Leisure Properties has higher revenue and earnings than National Storage Affiliates Trust. Gaming and Leisure Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Storage Affiliates Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gaming and Leisure Properties has a net margin of 50.05% compared to National Storage Affiliates Trust's net margin of 22.07%. Gaming and Leisure Properties' return on equity of 16.79% beat National Storage Affiliates Trust's return on equity.
Summary
Gaming and Leisure Properties beats National Storage Affiliates Trust on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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