WSR vs. LXP, AAT, GOOD, OLP, GYRO, VNO, CUZ, DEI, CXW, and ROIC
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), Douglas Emmett (DEI), CoreCivic (CXW), and Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Whitestone REIT vs.
Whitestone REIT (NYSE:WSR) and LXP Industrial Trust (NYSE:LXP) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.
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.
Whitestone REIT has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LXP Industrial Trust has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, LXP Industrial Trust had 6 more articles in the media than Whitestone REIT. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for LXP Industrial Trust and 1 mentions for Whitestone REIT. LXP Industrial Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Whitestone REIT's score of 0.33 indicating that LXP Industrial Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Whitestone REIT received 51 more outperform votes than LXP Industrial Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.94% of users gave Whitestone REIT an outperform vote while only 50.75% of users gave LXP Industrial Trust an outperform vote.
69.5% of Whitestone REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Whitestone REIT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Whitestone REIT presently has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.23%. LXP Industrial Trust has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 31.66%. Given LXP Industrial Trust's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe LXP Industrial Trust is more favorable than Whitestone REIT.
Whitestone REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. LXP Industrial Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. 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. LXP Industrial Trust pays out 270.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Whitestone REIT has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and LXP Industrial Trust has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Summary
LXP Industrial Trust beats Whitestone REIT on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WSR) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
