NTST vs. TWO, AAT, PMT, DEA, ALEX, ELME, AIV, VRE, SAFE, and UNIT
Should you be buying NETSTREIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NETSTREIT include Two Harbors Investment (TWO), American Assets Trust (AAT), PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT), Easterly Government Properties (DEA), Alexander & Baldwin (ALEX), Elme Communities (ELME), Apartment Investment and Management (AIV), Veris Residential (VRE), Safehold (SAFE), and Uniti Group (UNIT). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
NETSTREIT (NYSE:NTST) and Two Harbors Investment (NYSE:TWO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
In the previous week, Two Harbors Investment had 6 more articles in the media than NETSTREIT. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Two Harbors Investment and 2 mentions for NETSTREIT. Two Harbors Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat NETSTREIT's score of 0.13 indicating that Two Harbors Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NETSTREIT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Two Harbors Investment. Two Harbors Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NETSTREIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NETSTREIT has a net margin of 5.18% compared to Two Harbors Investment's net margin of -22.14%. Two Harbors Investment's return on equity of 2.47% beat NETSTREIT's return on equity.
NETSTREIT has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Two Harbors Investment has a beta of 1.87, suggesting that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NETSTREIT currently has a consensus price target of $18.11, indicating a potential upside of 5.55%. Two Harbors Investment has a consensus price target of $14.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.28%. Given Two Harbors Investment's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Two Harbors Investment is more favorable than NETSTREIT.
64.2% of Two Harbors Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of NETSTREIT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Two Harbors Investment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
NETSTREIT pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Two Harbors Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.4%. NETSTREIT pays out 745.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Two Harbors Investment pays out -90.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Two Harbors Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Two Harbors Investment received 489 more outperform votes than NETSTREIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.99% of users gave Two Harbors Investment an outperform vote while only 49.02% of users gave NETSTREIT an outperform vote.
Summary
Two Harbors Investment beats NETSTREIT on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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