VRE vs. IRT, TFPM, VIRT, HHH, SNEX, SSRM, PJT, VCTR, PECO, and AB
Should you be buying Veris Residential stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Veris Residential include Independence Realty Trust (IRT), Triple Flag Precious Metals (TFPM), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Howard Hughes (HHH), StoneX Group (SNEX), Silver Standard Resources (SSRM), PJT Partners (PJT), Victory Capital (VCTR), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), and AllianceBernstein (AB). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Veris Residential vs. Its Competitors
Veris Residential (NYSE:VRE) and Independence Realty Trust (NYSE:IRT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
93.0% of Veris Residential shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.3% of Independence Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.4% of Veris Residential shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Independence Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Veris Residential presently has a consensus price target of $19.20, indicating a potential upside of 28.73%. Independence Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $22.14, indicating a potential upside of 35.80%. Given Independence Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Independence Realty Trust is more favorable than Veris Residential.
Veris Residential pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Independence Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Veris Residential pays out -139.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Independence Realty Trust pays out 566.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Veris Residential has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Independence Realty Trust has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Independence Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Independence Realty Trust had 4 more articles in the media than Veris Residential. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Independence Realty Trust and 0 mentions for Veris Residential. Independence Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Veris Residential's score of 0.00 indicating that Independence Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Independence Realty Trust has a net margin of 4.31% compared to Veris Residential's net margin of -7.84%. Independence Realty Trust's return on equity of 0.78% beat Veris Residential's return on equity.
Veris Residential has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Independence Realty Trust has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Independence Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Veris Residential. Veris Residential is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Independence Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Independence Realty Trust beats Veris Residential on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:VRE) was last updated on 10/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
