Peakstone Realty Trust (PKST) Competitors

DigitalBridge Group (NYSE:DBRG) and Peakstone Realty Trust (NYSE:PKST) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of DBRG or PKST?

92.7% of DigitalBridge Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.0% of Peakstone Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of DigitalBridge Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Peakstone Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is DBRG or PKST a better dividend stock?

DigitalBridge Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Peakstone Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. DigitalBridge Group pays out 13.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Peakstone Realty Trust pays out -50.8% 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. Peakstone Realty Trust has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Peakstone Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media refer more to DBRG or PKST?

In the previous week, DigitalBridge Group had 11 more articles in the media than Peakstone Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for DigitalBridge Group and 1 mentions for Peakstone Realty Trust. Peakstone Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat DigitalBridge Group's score of 1.12 indicating that Peakstone Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DigitalBridge Group	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Peakstone Realty Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, DBRG or PKST?

DigitalBridge Group has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peakstone Realty Trust has a beta of 1.73, meaning that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DBRG or PKST?

DigitalBridge Group received 38 more outperform votes than Peakstone Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.16% of users gave DigitalBridge Group an outperform vote while only 30.00% of users gave Peakstone Realty Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DigitalBridge Group	Outperform Votes 41 56.16%	Underperform Votes 32 43.84%
Peakstone Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 3 30.00%	Underperform Votes 7 70.00%

Is DBRG or PKST more profitable?

DigitalBridge Group has a net margin of 10.98% compared to Peakstone Realty Trust's net margin of -4.38%. DigitalBridge Group's return on equity of 4.29% beat Peakstone Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DigitalBridge Group	10.98%	4.29%	2.06%
Peakstone Realty Trust	-4.38%	-0.85%	-0.38%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, DBRG or PKST?

DigitalBridge Group has higher revenue and earnings than Peakstone Realty Trust. Peakstone Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DigitalBridge Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DigitalBridge Group	$578.08M	3.33	$185.28M	$0.30	36.38
Peakstone Realty Trust	$225.82M	1.95	-$550.58M	-$1.77	-6.78

Do analysts rate DBRG or PKST?

DigitalBridge Group presently has a consensus target price of $16.06, indicating a potential upside of 47.10%. Peakstone Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.08%. Given DigitalBridge Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe DigitalBridge Group is more favorable than Peakstone Realty Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DigitalBridge Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.10
Peakstone Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Summary

DigitalBridge Group beats Peakstone Realty Trust on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.