SITC vs. NSA, MPW, SKT, HASI, BNL, HHH, EPR, LXP, NHI, and SLG
Should you be buying SITE Centers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SITE Centers include National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSA), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), Tanger (SKT), Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI), Broadstone Net Lease (BNL), Howard Hughes (HHH), EPR Properties (EPR), LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), National Health Investors (NHI), and SL Green Realty (SLG). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
National Storage Affiliates Trust (NYSE:NSA) and SITE Centers (NYSE:SITC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
100.0% of National Storage Affiliates Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of SITE Centers shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.2% of National Storage Affiliates Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of SITE Centers shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, SITE Centers had 2 more articles in the media than National Storage Affiliates Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for SITE Centers and 0 mentions for National Storage Affiliates Trust. National Storage Affiliates Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat SITE Centers' score of 0.00 indicating that SITE Centers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
National Storage Affiliates Trust received 251 more outperform votes than SITE Centers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.34% of users gave National Storage Affiliates Trust an outperform vote while only 28.57% of users gave SITE Centers an outperform vote.
SITE Centers has a net margin of 49.25% compared to SITE Centers' net margin of 18.26%. National Storage Affiliates Trust's return on equity of 14.00% beat SITE Centers' return on equity.
National Storage Affiliates Trust has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SITE Centers has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SITE Centers has lower revenue, but higher earnings than National Storage Affiliates Trust. SITE Centers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Storage Affiliates Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
National Storage Affiliates Trust currently has a consensus target price of $36.60, suggesting a potential upside of 3.27%. SITE Centers has a consensus target price of $14.25, suggesting a potential upside of 3.49%. Given National Storage Affiliates Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SITE Centers is more favorable than National Storage Affiliates Trust.
National Storage Affiliates Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. SITE Centers pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. National Storage Affiliates Trust pays out 149.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SITE Centers pays out 43.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. National Storage Affiliates Trust has raised its dividend for 9 consecutive years. National Storage Affiliates Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
SITE Centers beats National Storage Affiliates Trust on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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