PLYM vs. ARE, EGP, EPRT, FR, LXP, NXRT, PLD, REXR, STAG, and TRNO
Should you be buying Plymouth Industrial REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Plymouth Industrial REIT include Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), EastGroup Properties (EGP), Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), NexPoint Residential Trust (NXRT), Prologis (PLD), Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR), Stag Industrial (STAG), and Terreno Realty (TRNO). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Plymouth Industrial REIT vs. Its Competitors
Plymouth Industrial REIT (NYSE:PLYM) and Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
92.7% of Plymouth Industrial REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.5% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Plymouth Industrial REIT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Alexandria Real Estate Equities had 5 more articles in the media than Plymouth Industrial REIT. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Alexandria Real Estate Equities and 11 mentions for Plymouth Industrial REIT. Alexandria Real Estate Equities' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Plymouth Industrial REIT's score of 0.71 indicating that Alexandria Real Estate Equities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Plymouth Industrial REIT currently has a consensus target price of $20.44, indicating a potential upside of 41.78%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a consensus target price of $97.17, indicating a potential upside of 30.40%. Given Plymouth Industrial REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Plymouth Industrial REIT is more favorable than Alexandria Real Estate Equities.
Plymouth Industrial REIT has a net margin of 67.77% compared to Alexandria Real Estate Equities' net margin of -0.33%. Plymouth Industrial REIT's return on equity of 24.36% beat Alexandria Real Estate Equities' return on equity.
Plymouth Industrial REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays an annual dividend of $5.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Plymouth Industrial REIT pays out 33.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays out -4,061.5% 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. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Alexandria Real Estate Equities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities has higher revenue and earnings than Plymouth Industrial REIT. Alexandria Real Estate Equities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plymouth Industrial REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Plymouth Industrial REIT has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Alexandria Real Estate Equities beats Plymouth Industrial REIT on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:PLYM) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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