STAG Industrial (STAG) Competitors

STAG Industrial (NYSE:STAG) and EastGroup Properties (NYSE:EGP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Is STAG or EGP more profitable?

EastGroup Properties has a net margin of 35.57% compared to STAG Industrial's net margin of 24.64%. EastGroup Properties' return on equity of 7.89% beat STAG Industrial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
STAG Industrial	24.64%	5.51%	2.89%
EastGroup Properties	35.57%	7.89%	4.76%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in STAG or EGP?

88.7% of STAG Industrial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.1% of EastGroup Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of STAG Industrial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of EastGroup Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor STAG or EGP?

EastGroup Properties received 14 more outperform votes than STAG Industrial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.30% of users gave STAG Industrial an outperform vote while only 56.93% of users gave EastGroup Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
STAG Industrial	Outperform Votes 446 65.30%	Underperform Votes 237 34.70%
EastGroup Properties	Outperform Votes 460 56.93%	Underperform Votes 348 43.07%

Is STAG or EGP a better dividend stock?

STAG Industrial pays an annual dividend of $1.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. EastGroup Properties pays an annual dividend of $5.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. STAG Industrial pays out 143.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. EastGroup Properties pays out 122.5% 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 valuation and earnings, STAG or EGP?

EastGroup Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than STAG Industrial. STAG Industrial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EastGroup Properties, 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
STAG Industrial	$767.38M	8.04	$189.22M	$1.04	31.79
EastGroup Properties	$660.46M	12.99	$227.75M	$4.57	35.74

Which has more risk and volatility, STAG or EGP?

STAG Industrial has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EastGroup Properties has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to STAG or EGP?

In the previous week, EastGroup Properties had 14 more articles in the media than STAG Industrial. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for EastGroup Properties and 18 mentions for STAG Industrial. STAG Industrial's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat EastGroup Properties' score of 1.07 indicating that STAG Industrial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
STAG Industrial	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
EastGroup Properties	16 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend STAG or EGP?

STAG Industrial presently has a consensus price target of $39.57, suggesting a potential upside of 19.70%. EastGroup Properties has a consensus price target of $186.94, suggesting a potential upside of 14.45%. Given STAG Industrial's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe STAG Industrial is more favorable than EastGroup Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
STAG Industrial	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
EastGroup Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Summary

EastGroup Properties beats STAG Industrial on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.