WPC vs. UDR, KIM, GLPI, ELS, LAMR, DOC, AMH, REG, CPT, and HST
Should you be buying W. P. Carey stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of W. P. Carey include UDR (UDR), Kimco Realty (KIM), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Healthpeak Properties (DOC), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), Regency Centers (REG), Camden Property Trust (CPT), and Host Hotels & Resorts (HST). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
UDR (NYSE:UDR) and W. P. Carey (NYSE:WPC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.
W. P. Carey has higher revenue and earnings than UDR. W. P. Carey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UDR, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
W. P. Carey has a net margin of 40.68% compared to W. P. Carey's net margin of 27.30%. W. P. Carey's return on equity of 11.26% beat UDR's return on equity.
UDR pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. W. P. Carey pays an annual dividend of $3.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. 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. W. P. Carey pays out 104.8% 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 increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and W. P. Carey has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. W. P. Carey is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, UDR had 1 more articles in the media than W. P. Carey. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for UDR and 6 mentions for W. P. Carey. UDR's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat W. P. Carey's score of -0.31 indicating that W. P. Carey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
UDR has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W. P. Carey has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
UDR received 107 more outperform votes than W. P. Carey when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.33% of users gave W. P. Carey an outperform vote while only 55.24% of users gave UDR an outperform vote.
97.8% of UDR shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.7% of W. P. Carey shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of UDR shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of W. P. Carey shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
UDR currently has a consensus target price of $41.71, suggesting a potential upside of 18.01%. W. P. Carey has a consensus target price of $63.36, suggesting a potential upside of 18.44%. Given UDR's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe W. P. Carey is more favorable than UDR.
Summary
UDR beats W. P. Carey on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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