TRTX vs. WSR, DHC, GMRE, FPI, NYMT, PKST, CLDT, UHT, OLP, and KREF
Should you be buying TPG RE Finance Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TPG RE Finance Trust include Whitestone REIT (WSR), Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC), Global Medical REIT (GMRE), Farmland Partners (FPI), New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT), Peakstone Realty Trust (PKST), Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT), Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT), One Liberty Properties (OLP), and KKR Real Estate Finance Trust (KREF). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
TPG RE Finance Trust (NYSE:TRTX) and Whitestone REIT (NYSE:WSR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.
Whitestone REIT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TPG RE Finance Trust. TPG RE Finance Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Whitestone REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Whitestone REIT has a net margin of 13.05% compared to TPG RE Finance Trust's net margin of -30.16%. Whitestone REIT's return on equity of 4.51% beat TPG RE Finance Trust's return on equity.
TPG RE Finance Trust has a beta of 2.1, meaning that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Whitestone REIT has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
57.1% of TPG RE Finance Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of Whitestone REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of TPG RE Finance Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Whitestone REIT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
TPG RE Finance Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.6%. Whitestone REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. TPG RE Finance Trust pays out -56.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Whitestone REIT pays out 131.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TPG RE Finance Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
TPG RE Finance Trust currently has a consensus price target of $7.70, indicating a potential upside of 0.79%. Whitestone REIT has a consensus price target of $13.63, indicating a potential upside of 19.94%. Given Whitestone REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Whitestone REIT is more favorable than TPG RE Finance Trust.
Whitestone REIT received 112 more outperform votes than TPG RE Finance Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.84% of users gave Whitestone REIT an outperform vote while only 58.96% of users gave TPG RE Finance Trust an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Whitestone REIT had 2 more articles in the media than TPG RE Finance Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Whitestone REIT and 3 mentions for TPG RE Finance Trust. TPG RE Finance Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Whitestone REIT's score of 0.47 indicating that TPG RE Finance Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Whitestone REIT beats TPG RE Finance Trust on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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