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Whitestone REIT (WSR) Competitors

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$12.14 -0.12 (-0.94%)
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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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Whitestone REIT13.97% 4.98% 1.88%
LXP Industrial Trust 12.40%2.15%1.13%

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Whitestone REIT
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
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)
Very Positive

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
Whitestone REIT$156.07M3.97$19.18M$0.6020.29
LXP Industrial Trust$361.07M6.84$44.53M$0.2041.78

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Whitestone REITOutperform Votes
323
60.94%
Underperform Votes
207
39.06%
LXP Industrial TrustOutperform Votes
272
50.75%
Underperform Votes
264
49.25%

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Whitestone REIT
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
LXP Industrial Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

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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WSR vs. The Competition

MetricWhitestone REITReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$619.40M$6.82B$11.48B$19.31B
Dividend Yield4.26%6.73%5.45%3.83%
P/E Ratio29.6859.9222.4534.55
Price / Sales3.978.2727.5234.91
Price / Cash12.5117.3217.6217.51
Price / Book1.441.642.774.68
Net Income$19.18M$177.71M$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-4.16%-3.02%-0.29%-1.96%
1 Month Performance-8.21%0.70%6.03%7.26%
1 Year Performance-4.08%-0.03%536.56%3.95%

Whitestone REIT Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WSR
Whitestone REIT
3.3701 of 5 stars
$12.15
-0.9%
$15.00
+23.5%
-3.1%$618.13M$156.07M29.6290
LXP
LXP Industrial Trust
4.6019 of 5 stars
$8.40
flat
$11.00
+31.0%
-5.5%$2.48B$361.07M64.6270Positive News
AAT
American Assets Trust
3.1522 of 5 stars
$20.14
+1.0%
$21.00
+4.3%
-13.5%$1.23B$455.77M22.63220Positive News
GOOD
Gladstone Commercial
3.0638 of 5 stars
$14.29
+0.3%
$15.00
+5.0%
-4.5%$661.38M$151.17M54.9670Positive News
Dividend Announcement
OLP
One Liberty Properties
3.1813 of 5 stars
$24.53
+0.2%
$28.00
+14.1%
-1.1%$529.70M$92.04M15.149Positive News
GYRO
Gyrodyne
N/A$9.36
+24.0%
N/A+16.2%$20.58M$4.86M0.006Gap Up
VNO
Vornado Realty Trust
2.7044 of 5 stars
$39.17
-1.2%
$38.00
-3.0%
+51.5%$7.52B$1.81B979.253,150Positive News
Analyst Revision
CUZ
Cousins Properties
4.3931 of 5 stars
$28.02
-2.2%
$32.60
+16.3%
+13.4%$4.70B$897.85M93.40290Positive News
Analyst Forecast
DEI
Douglas Emmett
4.0617 of 5 stars
$14.93
flat
$18.38
+23.1%
-0.2%$2.50B$993.04M114.85750Analyst Forecast
CXW
CoreCivic
2.5806 of 5 stars
$22.67
+3.6%
$31.00
+36.7%
+44.0%$2.47B$1.95B37.1610,700Insider Trade
ROIC
Retail Opportunity Investments
0.5009 of 5 stars
$17.51
+0.1%
$16.20
-7.5%
+40.8%$2.26B$327.73M38.0770Analyst Forecast
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This page (NYSE:WSR) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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