W.P. Carey (WPC) Competitors

Agree Realty (NYSE:ADC) and W.P. Carey (NYSE:WPC) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts recommend ADC or WPC?

Agree Realty currently has a consensus price target of $80.25, suggesting a potential upside of 12.08%. W.P. Carey has a consensus price target of $104.22, suggesting a potential upside of 69.03%. Given W.P. Carey's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe W.P. Carey is more favorable than Agree Realty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Agree Realty	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69
W.P. Carey	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.10

Is ADC or WPC a better dividend stock?

Agree Realty pays an annual dividend of $3.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. W.P. Carey pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Agree Realty pays out 173.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. W.P. Carey pays out 185.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Agree Realty has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and W.P. Carey has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. W.P. Carey is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ADC or WPC?

W.P. Carey has higher revenue and earnings than Agree Realty. W.P. Carey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Agree Realty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Agree Realty	$617.09M	12.77	$189.20M	$1.77	40.45
W.P. Carey	$1.58B	8.53	$460.84M	$1.94	31.78

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ADC or WPC?

97.8% of Agree Realty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.7% of W.P. Carey shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Agree Realty shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of W.P. Carey shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer ADC or WPC?

In the previous week, Agree Realty had 5 more articles in the media than W.P. Carey. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Agree Realty and 10 mentions for W.P. Carey. W.P. Carey's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Agree Realty's score of 0.95 indicating that W.P. Carey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Agree Realty	9 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
W.P. Carey	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is ADC or WPC more profitable?

Agree Realty has a net margin of 30.05% compared to W.P. Carey's net margin of 26.66%. W.P. Carey's return on equity of 5.02% beat Agree Realty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Agree Realty	30.05%	3.66%	2.29%
W.P. Carey	26.66%	5.02%	2.43%

Which has more volatility and risk, ADC or WPC?

Agree Realty has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W.P. Carey has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Agree Realty and W.P. Carey tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.