STAG vs. EGP, FR, PK, PLD, REXR, TRNO, VICI, SBAC, WPC, and BIP
Should you be buying Stag Industrial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stag Industrial include EastGroup Properties (EGP), First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), Park Hotels & Resorts (PK), Prologis (PLD), Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR), Terreno Realty (TRNO), VICI Properties (VICI), SBA Communications (SBAC), W.P. Carey (WPC), and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP). These companies are all part of the "reit - eqty trust - other" industry.
Stag Industrial vs. Its Competitors
Stag Industrial (NYSE:STAG) and EastGroup Properties (NYSE:EGP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
Stag Industrial pays an annual dividend of $1.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. EastGroup Properties pays an annual dividend of $5.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Stag Industrial pays out 117.3% 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 121.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Stag Industrial has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years and EastGroup Properties has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Stag Industrial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Stag Industrial presently has a consensus price target of $38.17, suggesting a potential upside of 4.80%. EastGroup Properties has a consensus price target of $188.25, suggesting a potential upside of 12.27%. Given EastGroup Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe EastGroup Properties is more favorable than Stag Industrial.
88.7% of Stag Industrial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.1% of EastGroup Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Stag Industrial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of EastGroup Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, EastGroup Properties had 5 more articles in the media than Stag Industrial. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for EastGroup Properties and 8 mentions for Stag Industrial. EastGroup Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Stag Industrial's score of 1.09 indicating that EastGroup Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Stag Industrial has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EastGroup Properties has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
EastGroup Properties has a net margin of 34.85% compared to Stag Industrial's net margin of 29.14%. EastGroup Properties' return on equity of 7.29% beat Stag Industrial's return on equity.
Summary
EastGroup Properties beats Stag Industrial on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:STAG) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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