UDR vs. ELS, CPT, MAA, ESS, SUI, EQR, AVB, LAMR, WPC, and GLPI
Should you be buying UDR stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UDR include Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Sun Communities (SUI), Equity Residential (EQR), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), W. P. Carey (WPC), and Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Equity LifeStyle Properties (NYSE:ELS) and UDR (NYSE:UDR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.
Equity LifeStyle Properties has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UDR has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
UDR has a net margin of 27.30% compared to UDR's net margin of 21.09%. UDR's return on equity of 20.90% beat Equity LifeStyle Properties' return on equity.
Equity LifeStyle Properties currently has a consensus price target of $70.15, indicating a potential upside of 7.81%. UDR has a consensus price target of $41.53, indicating a potential upside of 12.82%. Given Equity LifeStyle Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe UDR is more favorable than Equity LifeStyle Properties.
UDR has higher revenue and earnings than Equity LifeStyle Properties. UDR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equity LifeStyle Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
98.6% of Equity LifeStyle Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of UDR shares are held by institutional investors. 4.9% of Equity LifeStyle Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of UDR shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, UDR had 11 more articles in the media than Equity LifeStyle Properties. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for UDR and 6 mentions for Equity LifeStyle Properties. UDR's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Equity LifeStyle Properties' score of 0.55 indicating that Equity LifeStyle Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Equity LifeStyle Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.79 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. UDR pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Equity LifeStyle Properties pays out 106.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. UDR pays out 125.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Equity LifeStyle Properties has raised its dividend for 19 consecutive years and UDR has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years.
UDR received 100 more outperform votes than Equity LifeStyle Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.67% of users gave Equity LifeStyle Properties an outperform vote while only 55.32% of users gave UDR an outperform vote.
Summary
Equity LifeStyle Properties beats UDR on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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