NSA vs. PECO, KRC, IRT, EPRT, DOC, RITM, GRP.U, HHC, APLE, and CUZ
Should you be buying National Storage Affiliates Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Storage Affiliates Trust include Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), Physicians Realty Trust (DOC), Rithm Capital (RITM), Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (GRP.U), Howard Hughes (HHC), Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE), and Cousins Properties (CUZ). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
National Storage Affiliates Trust vs.
National Storage Affiliates Trust (NYSE:NSA) and Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:PECO) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and institutional ownership.
National Storage Affiliates Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.. National Storage Affiliates Trust 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.
In the previous week, Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. had 1 more articles in the media than National Storage Affiliates Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. and 2 mentions for National Storage Affiliates Trust. National Storage Affiliates Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s score of 0.95 indicating that National Storage Affiliates Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
National Storage Affiliates Trust has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
National Storage Affiliates Trust received 258 more outperform votes than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.82% of users gave National Storage Affiliates Trust an outperform vote while only 37.50% of users gave Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. an outperform vote.
National Storage Affiliates Trust currently has a consensus price target of $47.89, suggesting a potential upside of 18.39%. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. has a consensus price target of $34.67, suggesting a potential upside of 10.97%. Given National Storage Affiliates Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe National Storage Affiliates Trust is more favorable than Phillips Edison & Company, Inc..
85.3% of National Storage Affiliates Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.8% of National Storage Affiliates Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
National Storage Affiliates Trust has a net margin of 12.94% compared to Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s net margin of 8.40%. National Storage Affiliates Trust's return on equity of 4.64% beat Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.'s return on equity.
National Storage Affiliates Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. National Storage Affiliates Trust pays out 220.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. pays out 266.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. National Storage Affiliates Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
National Storage Affiliates Trust beats Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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