Plymouth Industrial REIT (PLYM) Competitors

Plymouth Industrial REIT (NYSE:PLYM) and OUTFRONT Media (NYSE:OUT) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, earnings and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PLYM or OUT?

OUTFRONT Media received 259 more outperform votes than Plymouth Industrial REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.77% of users gave OUTFRONT Media an outperform vote while only 43.66% of users gave Plymouth Industrial REIT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Plymouth Industrial REIT	Outperform Votes 31 43.66%	Underperform Votes 40 56.34%
OUTFRONT Media	Outperform Votes 290 57.77%	Underperform Votes 212 42.23%

Do analysts rate PLYM or OUT?

Plymouth Industrial REIT currently has a consensus target price of $21.20, indicating a potential upside of 42.28%. OUTFRONT Media has a consensus target price of $19.37, indicating a potential upside of 28.45%. Given Plymouth Industrial REIT's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Plymouth Industrial REIT is more favorable than OUTFRONT Media.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Plymouth Industrial REIT	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30
OUTFRONT Media	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is PLYM or OUT more profitable?

OUTFRONT Media has a net margin of 13.30% compared to Plymouth Industrial REIT's net margin of 0.46%. OUTFRONT Media's return on equity of 40.33% beat Plymouth Industrial REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Plymouth Industrial REIT	0.46%	0.20%	0.06%
OUTFRONT Media	13.30%	40.33%	4.54%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in PLYM or OUT?

92.7% of Plymouth Industrial REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Plymouth Industrial REIT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of OUTFRONT Media shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is PLYM or OUT a better dividend stock?

Plymouth Industrial REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. OUTFRONT Media pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Plymouth Industrial REIT pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OUTFRONT Media pays out 81.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has better earnings & valuation, PLYM or OUT?

Plymouth Industrial REIT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than OUTFRONT Media. Plymouth Industrial REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OUTFRONT Media, 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
Plymouth Industrial REIT	$198.36M	3.42	$13.66M	$3.06	4.87
OUTFRONT Media	$1.83B	1.38	-$430.40M	$1.47	10.26

Which has more volatility and risk, PLYM or OUT?

Plymouth Industrial REIT has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OUTFRONT Media has a beta of 1.79, indicating that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer PLYM or OUT?

In the previous week, OUTFRONT Media had 1 more articles in the media than Plymouth Industrial REIT. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for OUTFRONT Media and 5 mentions for Plymouth Industrial REIT. Plymouth Industrial REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat OUTFRONT Media's score of 0.83 indicating that Plymouth Industrial REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Plymouth Industrial REIT	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
OUTFRONT Media	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Plymouth Industrial REIT and OUTFRONT Media tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.