OLP vs. WSR, AAT, UHT, CLDT, LAND, PKST, ORC, FPI, IVR, and GMRE
Should you be buying One Liberty Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of One Liberty Properties include Whitestone REIT (WSR), American Assets Trust (AAT), Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT), Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT), Gladstone Land (LAND), Peakstone Realty Trust (PKST), Orchid Island Capital (ORC), Farmland Partners (FPI), Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR), and Global Medical REIT (GMRE). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Whitestone REIT (NYSE:WSR) and One Liberty Properties (NYSE:OLP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
Whitestone REIT received 113 more outperform votes than One Liberty Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.84% of users gave Whitestone REIT an outperform vote while only 59.71% of users gave One Liberty Properties an outperform vote.
One Liberty Properties has a net margin of 32.67% compared to One Liberty Properties' net margin of 13.05%. Whitestone REIT's return on equity of 9.56% beat One Liberty Properties' return on equity.
Whitestone REIT presently has a consensus price target of $13.63, indicating a potential upside of 19.73%. One Liberty Properties has a consensus price target of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.87%. Given One Liberty Properties' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Whitestone REIT is more favorable than One Liberty Properties.
Whitestone REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. One Liberty Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Whitestone REIT pays out 131.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. One Liberty Properties pays out 130.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Whitestone REIT has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. One Liberty Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
69.5% of Whitestone REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.2% of One Liberty Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Whitestone REIT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.9% of One Liberty Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Whitestone REIT had 4 more articles in the media than One Liberty Properties. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Whitestone REIT and 0 mentions for One Liberty Properties. One Liberty Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Whitestone REIT's score of 0.25 indicating that Whitestone REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Whitestone REIT has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, One Liberty Properties has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
One Liberty Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Whitestone REIT. One Liberty Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Whitestone REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
One Liberty Properties beats Whitestone REIT on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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