PGRE vs. IRT, PECO, VCTR, BNL, SITC, PJT, FHI, SNEX, AMK, and FCPT
Should you be buying Paramount Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paramount Group include Independence Realty Trust (IRT), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), Victory Capital (VCTR), Broadstone Net Lease (BNL), SITE Centers (SITC), PJT Partners (PJT), Federated Hermes (FHI), StoneX Group (SNEX), AssetMark Financial (AMK), and Four Corners Property Trust (FCPT). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Independence Realty Trust (NYSE:IRT) and Paramount Group (NYSE:PGRE) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Independence Realty Trust received 141 more outperform votes than Paramount Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.85% of users gave Independence Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 48.02% of users gave Paramount Group an outperform vote.
Independence Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $17.00, indicating a potential downside of 10.01%. Paramount Group has a consensus price target of $4.60, indicating a potential downside of 14.02%. Given Paramount Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Independence Realty Trust is more favorable than Paramount Group.
88.3% of Independence Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.6% of Paramount Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Independence Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.5% of Paramount Group shares are held by 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.
Independence Realty Trust has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paramount Group has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Independence Realty Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Paramount Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Independence Realty Trust and 6 mentions for Paramount Group. Paramount Group's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Independence Realty Trust's score of 0.55 indicating that Independence Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Independence Realty Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Paramount Group. Independence Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paramount Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Independence Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Paramount Group pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Independence Realty Trust pays out -2,132.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Paramount Group pays out -12.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Independence Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Independence Realty Trust has a net margin of -1.26% compared to Independence Realty Trust's net margin of -33.85%. Paramount Group's return on equity of -0.23% beat Independence Realty Trust's return on equity.
Summary
Independence Realty Trust beats Paramount Group on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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