PLD vs. EGP, STAG, FR, TRNO, AMT, EQIX, WELL, PSA, SPG, and O
Should you be buying Prologis stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Prologis include EastGroup Properties (EGP), STAG Industrial (STAG), First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), Terreno Realty (TRNO), American Tower (AMT), Equinix (EQIX), Welltower (WELL), Public Storage (PSA), Simon Property Group (SPG), and Realty Income (O). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
EastGroup Properties (NYSE:EGP) and Prologis (NYSE:PLD) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and earnings.
EastGroup Properties has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prologis has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, EastGroup Properties had 13 more articles in the media than Prologis. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for EastGroup Properties and 20 mentions for Prologis. EastGroup Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Prologis' score of 0.44 indicating that Prologis is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
92.1% of EastGroup Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Prologis shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of EastGroup Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Prologis shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Prologis has higher revenue and earnings than EastGroup Properties. Prologis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EastGroup Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
EastGroup Properties pays an annual dividend of $5.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Prologis pays an annual dividend of $3.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. EastGroup Properties pays out 110.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Prologis pays out 112.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Prologis has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Prologis is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
EastGroup Properties has a net margin of 37.16% compared to EastGroup Properties' net margin of 36.37%. Prologis' return on equity of 8.69% beat EastGroup Properties' return on equity.
EastGroup Properties presently has a consensus target price of $180.40, indicating a potential downside of 3.58%. Prologis has a consensus target price of $129.67, indicating a potential upside of 5.70%. Given EastGroup Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Prologis is more favorable than EastGroup Properties.
Prologis received 482 more outperform votes than EastGroup Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.06% of users gave Prologis an outperform vote while only 58.05% of users gave EastGroup Properties an outperform vote.
Summary
Prologis beats EastGroup Properties on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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