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$12.54 -0.50 (-3.81%)
Closing price 05/1/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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WSR vs. LXP, AAT, GOOD, OLP, GYRO, VNO, CUZ, OUT, CXW, and DEI

Should you be buying Whitestone REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Whitestone REIT include LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), American Assets Trust (AAT), Gladstone Commercial (GOOD), One Liberty Properties (OLP), Gyrodyne (GYRO), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), Cousins Properties (CUZ), OUTFRONT Media (OUT), CoreCivic (CXW), and Douglas Emmett (DEI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Whitestone REIT vs.

LXP Industrial Trust (NYSE:LXP) and Whitestone REIT (NYSE:WSR) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.

Whitestone REIT received 51 more outperform votes than LXP Industrial Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.22% of users gave Whitestone REIT an outperform vote while only 50.75% of users gave LXP Industrial Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
LXP Industrial TrustOutperform Votes
271
50.75%
Underperform Votes
263
49.25%
Whitestone REITOutperform Votes
322
61.22%
Underperform Votes
204
38.78%

LXP Industrial Trust presently has a consensus price target of $11.33, indicating a potential upside of 41.23%. Whitestone REIT has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.56%. Given LXP Industrial Trust's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe LXP Industrial Trust is more favorable than Whitestone REIT.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
LXP Industrial Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Whitestone REIT
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

LXP Industrial Trust has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Whitestone REIT has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

LXP Industrial Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Whitestone REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. LXP Industrial Trust pays out 415.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Whitestone REIT pays out 90.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

93.5% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of Whitestone REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Whitestone REIT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

LXP Industrial Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Whitestone REIT. Whitestone REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LXP Industrial Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
LXP Industrial Trust$358.46M6.62$44.53M$0.1361.73
Whitestone REIT$155.51M4.11$19.18M$0.6020.91

Whitestone REIT has a net margin of 13.97% compared to LXP Industrial Trust's net margin of 12.40%. Whitestone REIT's return on equity of 4.98% beat LXP Industrial Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
LXP Industrial Trust12.40% 2.15% 1.13%
Whitestone REIT 13.97%4.98%1.88%

In the previous week, Whitestone REIT had 1 more articles in the media than LXP Industrial Trust. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Whitestone REIT and 10 mentions for LXP Industrial Trust. LXP Industrial Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Whitestone REIT's score of 0.76 indicating that LXP Industrial Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
LXP Industrial Trust
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Whitestone REIT
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Whitestone REIT beats LXP Industrial Trust on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WSR vs. The Competition

MetricWhitestone REITReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$663.67M$6.94B$11.10B$18.96B
Dividend Yield4.13%7.06%5.77%4.01%
P/E Ratio30.5959.3822.1032.87
Price / Sales4.118.3826.3128.03
Price / Cash12.5117.3217.6017.52
Price / Book1.481.662.674.47
Net Income$19.18M$177.71M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-4.47%1.31%0.72%0.59%
1 Month Performance-14.32%-5.62%-0.58%-3.54%
1 Year Performance6.57%3.61%537.58%3.80%

Whitestone REIT Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WSR
Whitestone REIT
4.0336 of 5 stars
$12.54
-3.8%
$16.00
+27.6%
+8.1%$663.67M$155.51M30.5990Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
LXP
LXP Industrial Trust
4.4899 of 5 stars
$7.93
+1.4%
$11.33
+42.9%
-4.9%$2.35B$358.46M61.0070Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
AAT
American Assets Trust
4.1997 of 5 stars
$19.00
+1.7%
$21.00
+10.5%
-12.1%$1.16B$457.85M21.35220Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
GOOD
Gladstone Commercial
2.6522 of 5 stars
$14.10
-0.1%
$15.00
+6.4%
+3.4%$645.17M$149.39M54.2370Upcoming Earnings
OLP
One Liberty Properties
3.8385 of 5 stars
$24.21
+0.8%
$28.00
+15.7%
+5.3%$522.62M$90.56M14.949Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
GYRO
Gyrodyne
1.3709 of 5 stars
$7.84
-1.1%
N/A+1.2%$17.23M$4.86M0.006Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
VNO
Vornado Realty Trust
3.8052 of 5 stars
$36.47
+2.0%
$38.00
+4.2%
+40.9%$7.00B$1.79B911.753,150Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
CUZ
Cousins Properties
4.2547 of 5 stars
$27.94
+0.8%
$32.70
+17.0%
+21.2%$4.69B$856.76M93.13290Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
OUT
OUTFRONT Media
3.5568 of 5 stars
$15.37
+2.1%
$19.37
+26.0%
-7.3%$2.57B$1.83B10.962,380Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
CXW
CoreCivic
2.4141 of 5 stars
$22.19
-0.3%
$31.00
+39.7%
+53.8%$2.43B$1.96B36.3810,700Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
DEI
Douglas Emmett
4.5703 of 5 stars
$14.20
-0.3%
$18.50
+30.3%
+5.9%$2.38B$986.48M109.24750Upcoming Earnings
Positive News

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