UDR vs. ELS, CPT, MAA, SUI, ESS, EQR, AVB, WPC, GLPI, and KIM
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), Sun Communities (SUI), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Equity Residential (EQR), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), W. P. Carey (WPC), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), and Kimco Realty (KIM). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
UDR (NYSE:UDR) and Equity LifeStyle Properties (NYSE:ELS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
UDR currently has a consensus price target of $41.71, indicating a potential upside of 12.69%. Equity LifeStyle Properties has a consensus price target of $70.15, indicating a potential upside of 11.88%. Given UDR's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research 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.
97.8% of UDR shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Equity LifeStyle Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of UDR shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Equity LifeStyle Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
UDR pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Equity LifeStyle Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. UDR pays out 126.9% 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 pays out 113.7% 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 has a net margin of 27.30% compared to Equity LifeStyle Properties' net margin of 21.09%. Equity LifeStyle Properties' return on equity of 20.90% beat UDR's return on equity.
UDR has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equity LifeStyle Properties has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
UDR received 101 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 55.24% of users gave UDR an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Equity LifeStyle Properties had 9 more articles in the media than UDR. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Equity LifeStyle Properties and 7 mentions for UDR. Equity LifeStyle Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat UDR's score of 0.04 indicating that Equity LifeStyle Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
UDR beats Equity LifeStyle Properties on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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